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Lee W, Riggs T, Koo W, Deter RL, Yeo L, Romero R. The relationship of newborn adiposity to fetal growth outcome based on birth weight or the modified neonatal growth assessment score. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2012;25(10):1933–40.

Sauder KA, Koeppen HJ, Shapiro ALB, Kalata KE, Stamatoiu AV, Ringham BM, et al. Prenatal vitamin d intake, cord blood 25-hydroxyvitamin d, and offspring body composition: the healthy start study. Nutrients. 2017;9(7):790.Roggero P, Gianni ML, Forzenigo L, Tondolo T, Taroni F, Liotto N, et al. No relative increase in intra-abdominal adipose tissue in healthy unstressed preterm infants at term. Neonatology. 2015;107(1):14–9. Fields DA, Hull HR, Cheline AJ, Yao M, Higgins PB. Child-specific thoracic gas volume prediction equations for air-displacement plethysmography. Obes Res. 2004;12(11):1797–804. Rudolph MC, Young BE, Lemas DJ, Palmer CE, Hernandez TL, Barbour LA, et al. Early infant adipose deposition is positively associated with the n-6 to n-3 fatty acid ratio in human milk independent of maternal BMI. Int J Obes (2005). 2017;41(4):510–7.

According to KidCo, the KidCo PeaPod and PeaPod Plus are recommended for children aged 6 months and older. Further validate pea pod in infants against the gold standard four compartment model, especially in pre-term infants and in more diverse populations. So while the KidCo PeaPod Plus is rated up to 5 years old, I imagine most kids will want to stop using it around 4 years old. Despite that, we still got many years of good use out of it. Alternatives to a Toddler Travel Tent The reproducibility (within and between days) of Pea Pod was examined in three studies [ 16, 18, 45]. Yao et al. studied 17 full-term infants aged between 1.4 to 21.7 weeks and reported that reproducibility was not affected by the infants’ behavioural state, body weight, urination, defecation, or FM% [ 16]. The within and between day 95% limits of agreement for FM% were − 2.0 to 1.2 and − 2.2 to 1.7, respectively. Similarly, Ma et al. found that in infants aged between 0.4 to 21.7 weeks, 95% limits of agreement for between day differences in FM% were − 2.9% and 1.9%, and the within subject CV for FM% was 4.9% [ 18]. Reproducibility was not influenced by infants’ behavioural state (awake and active, N = 147; crying intensely, N = 74; urination during the measurement, N = 33) or ethnicity (Asians, N = 20; white, N = 16). Finally, Ellis et al. [ 45] reported within day 95% limits of agreement for FM% of − 2.3% to 3.1% in 31 infants at a mean age of 6 weeks.Andersen GS, Girma T, Wells JC, Kaestel P, Michaelsen KF, Friis H. Fat and fat-free mass at birth: air displacement plethysmography measurements on 350 Ethiopian newborns. Pediatr Res. 2011;70(5):501–6. VanItallie TB, Yang MU, Heymsfield SB, Funk RC, Boileau RA. Height-normalized indices of the body's fat-free mass and fat mass: potentially useful indicators of nutritional status. Am J Clin Nutr. 1990;52(6):953–9. Butte NF, Hopkinson JM, Wong WW, Smith EO, Ellis KJ. Body composition during the first 2 years of life: an updated reference. Pediatr Res. 2000;47(5):578–85. DO NOT place pad inside PeaPod. Pad is placed under the floor of the product and secured with snaps.

Lingwood BE, Storm Van Leeuwen AM, Carberry AE, Fitzgerald EC, Callaway LK, Colditz PB, et al. Prediction of fat-free mass and percentage of body fat in neonates using bioelectrical impedance analysis and anthropometric measures: validation against the PEA POD. Br J Nutr. 2012;107(10):1545–52. Only two studies have specifically evaluated the accuracy of Pea Pod in pre-term infants, both using isotope dilution (Table 1) [ 50, 51]. Roggero et al. referenced Pea Pod with a two-compartment model and included 10 pre-term infants (≤36 weeks) aged less than one month with mean (SD) weight of 1.83 (0.21) kg [ 50]. The 95% limits of agreement for FM% were − 3.4% to 2.8% with no bias [ 50]. Forsum et al. [ 51] measured 14 pre-term infants at 32 to 35 weeks of gestation in the first week with a mean (SD) weight of 2.04 (0.33) kg. Compared to a three-compartment model, the 95% limits of agreement were relatively wide (− 6.8% to 4.8%) but there was no bias. This study also showed that at higher FFM density, Pea Pod underestimated FFM density. Reproducibility Higgins PB, Fields DA, Hunter GR, Gower BA. Effect of scalp and facial hair on air displacement plethysmography estimates of percentage of body fat. Obes Res. 2001;9(5):326–30. Despite the above concerns about accuracy, Pea Pod has been considered a valuable tool with a broad clinical research application. We identified 74 papers utilising Pea Pod to answer research questions, including studies comparing different clinical groups (pre-term vs. full-term infants, small for gestational age vs. appropriate for gestational age, different ethnicities, different feeding methods and breast milk compositions, and different health status or health indicators) [ 33, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69], assessing growth charts, to cross-validate FM values obtained by other techniques and anthropometric measures (e.g. skinfold) [ 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76], monitoring growth patterns [ 54, 77, 78, 79, 80], investigating the relationship between maternal and prenatal factors and health outcomes during infancy [ 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86], and others [ 87]. The majority of these studies ( n = 43) included only full-term infants [ 33, 52, 53, 54, 56, 57, 58, 60, 62, 66, 67, 69, 70, 71, 72, 74, 75, 78, 80, 81, 83, 84, 85, 86, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106], 13 only pre-term infants [ 9, 68, 73, 77, 79, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112], and 17 both full- and pre-term infants [ 55, 59, 61, 63, 64, 65, 76, 82, 87, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120]. Although, the use of Pea Pod in both full-term and pre-term infants and in specific clinical risk and ethnic groups is feasible, it might be associated with some practical challenges. Herein, we highlight and discuss potential challenges associated with the use of Pea Pod. Hetherington-Rauth M, Bea JW, Lee VR, Blew RM, Funk J, Lohman TG, et al. Comparison of direct measures of adiposity with indirect measures for assessing cardiometabolic risk factors in preadolescent girls. Nutr J. 2017;16:15.Dempster P, Aitkens S. A new air displacement method for the determination of human body composition. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 1995;27(12):1692–7. Wells JC. A critique of the expression of paediatric body composition data. Arch Dis Child. 2001;85(1):67–72. Our biggest complaint was that the sleeping surface was made of polyester, which would get our toddler very sweaty. He didn’t seem to mind, but I would have loved a sheet that could be zipped on and off for cleaning.