What if the first few months of life could shape your health forever? That’s exactly what researchers at the Josef Ressel Centre at FH JOANNEUM are investigating. Backed by the Austrian Ministry of Science, this innovative project is exploring how nutrition in the earliest stages of life can influence the risk of obesity later on. The spotlight is on the first 1000 days, a critical window...

In a major advancement for maternal and child health in the Free State, the University of the Free State (UFS) and Universitas Academic Hospital, in collaboration with the Free State Department of Health, have launched a state-of-the-art Research Room dedicated to assessing and improving newborn health outcomes. At the heart of this initiative is the COSMED PEA POD® Infant Body Composition...

The COSMED PEA POD is being used to measure the body composition of infants, potentially leading to longer and healthier lives at Western Kentucky University. Amy Bingham reports on WKU’s collaboration with the Medical Center in "View from the Hill". The PEA POD is an Air Displacement Plethysmography (ADP) system using whole body densitometry to determine body composition (fat and fat-free...

Janet Hauck, Assistant Professor, Department of Kinesiology at Michigan State University uses air displacement technology to measure a baby’s body fat composition to track the positive impact that physical activity has on an infant’s overall growth..   Infants who exercise have a reduced risk of childhood obesity! The more fat an infant gains in their first year, the more likely they will...