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Total body water in malnutrition: the possible role of energy intake

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 April 2012

J. Patrick ,
P. J. Reeds ,
A. A. Jackson ,
Anne Seakins  and
D. I. M. Picou
J. Patrick
Affiliation:
The Tropical Metabolism Research Unit, University of the West Indies, Kingston 7, Jamaica
P. J. Reeds
Affiliation:
The Tropical Metabolism Research Unit, University of the West Indies, Kingston 7, Jamaica
A. A. Jackson
Affiliation:
The Tropical Metabolism Research Unit, University of the West Indies, Kingston 7, Jamaica
Anne Seakins
Affiliation:
The Tropical Metabolism Research Unit, University of the West Indies, Kingston 7, Jamaica
D. I. M. Picou
Affiliation:
The Tropical Metabolism Research Unit, University of the West Indies, Kingston 7, Jamaica
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Abstract

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1. Total body water (TBW) was measured using tritiated water in sixty-five children. The measurements were distributed throughout rehabilitation in order to define the effect of changing energy intakes.

2. Oedematous children had a high TBW which decreased to the normal range during loss of oedema providing they were not receiving more than maintenance amounts of energy during this period.

3. Marasmic children who had not received greater than maintenance amounts of energy had a normal TBW.

4. Treatment with a high-energy diet was associated with an initial increase in TBW.

5. The possible mechanisms for this phenomenon are discussed.

Type
Papers of direct relevance to Clinical and Human Nutrition
Information
British Journal of Nutrition , Volume 39 , Issue 3 , May 1978 , pp. 417 - 424
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1978

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