PEA POD

This study is examining the maternal and neonatal factors affecting neonatal body fat percentage.

The prevalence of overweight and obesity in the Australian population continues to rise with figures indicating greater than 63% to 67% of adults being overweight or obese, and 24% to 27% of children being overweight or obese.

Studies have shown that weight status in childhood is an important predictor of obesity in adulthood. A recent study investigating the change in fat mass percentage, measured by air-displacement plethysmography, indicates a critical window for adiposity programming in the first 6 months of life.

Adiposity is assessed by measuring body fat percentage by air displacement plethysmography (ADP) using a PEA POD infant body composition system.

Factors such as neonatal gender, maternal weight gain in pregnancy, diabetes, gestational diabetic management (diet vs insulin), smoking, medication use and antenatal steroids may impact the body fat percentage of a neonate. Neonatal adiposity may be related to long term metabolic health outcomes.

In view of this correlation, this study seeks to determine risk factors influencing neonatal body fat using PEA POD analysis.

The data from this study could potentially be used to identify risk and protective factors for increased neonatal body fat percentage, as well providing information to create a normogram for neonatal body fat percentage according to gestational age and gender.

There is currently no normative data for neonatal whole body composition. Data from this study can be used to create this normative data.

Investigators

Dr Katie Britton, The Kids Research Institute Australia
Dr Jamie Tan, Joondalup Health Campus
Dr Ravisha Srinivasjois, Joondalup Health Campus
Professor Desiree Silva, ORIGINS Co-Director, The Kids Research Institute Australia

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About ORIGINS

Local Research. Global Impact.

ORIGINS is the largest study of its kind in Australia, following 10,000 women, their babies, partners, and siblings, from conception into early childhood through a series of biological samples, face-to-face appointments, and online questionnaires.

Its goal is to develop targeted, more effective prevention and intervention strategies that support all families to flourish throughout life.

The unique interventional long-term study is one of the most comprehensive studies of pregnant women and their families in Australia, utilising over 400,000 biological samples and 30 million data points to deliver innovative, accelerated real-world research outcomes that aim to improve the health and families of now and for generations to come.

The research platform is headed by Co-Directors Professor Desiree Silva and Dr Jackie Davis.

ORIGINS received core funding from the WA Child Research Fund, Joondalup Health Campus, the Paul Ramsay Foundation, the Commonwealth Government of Australia through the Channel 7 Telethon Trust, and the Stan Perron Charitable Foundation.