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American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol 20, 1129-1133, Copyright © 1967 by The American Society for Clinical Nutrition, Inc.

Estimation of Body Water Compartments of Preschool Children

II. Undernourished Children

M. A. FLYNN PH.D.1, F. M. HANNA M.D.1, R. Y. ASFOUR M.D.1, and R. N. LUTZ PH.D.1

1 From the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics and Department of Pediatrics, Medical Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri and Pediatrics Department, American University of Beirut, Lebanon

Values for percent TBW and ECW for eight American and two Lebanese preschool children with simple undernutrition were significantly elevated upon hospital admission as compared with similar values for normal children. When fed an adequate diet for 10 weeks or longer, the values for body water compartments in the undernourished children decreased to normal. Intracellular water increased. Expressed as gain in liters of ICW per month, the average increase in ICW in these undernourished children was four times that of normal children.

On the basis of this study, measurement of thiocyanate space may be a valuable tool for early diagnosis of simple undernutrition.






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