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Insensible Weight Loss in Children under One Year of Age
Author(s) -
HENDRIKSON EDWARD C.,
SEACAT JOY M.,
NEVILLE MARGARET C.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1985.tb10012.x
Subject(s) - weight loss , medicine , body weight , zoology , obesity , biology
ABSTRACT.A selected group of 12 breast‐fed infants were studied for insensible weight loss over the first year of life. The method used to determine the insensible weight loss was non‐invasive and based on a computerized weighing system. Findings indicate that the insensible weight loss in a one‐year‐old child reaches 36 % of the average insensible weight loss reached in adulthood (360 g/day). Furthermore, the insensible weight loss (g/h/kg) was constant at about 1.9 g per kilogram per hour over the first year of life. Insensible weight loss contains two components, insensible water loss (92 %) and metabolic losses (8 %).