The Nutrition Assessment Laboratory, located in the Endoscopy Unit of the Division of GI/Nutrition at Boston Children's, provides state-of-the-art techniques for the assessment of body composition and energy expenditure.
Services provided by the Nutrition Assessment Laboratory include:
indirect calorimetry: a noninvasive study of energy expenditure
bod pod: a noninvasive method to determine body composition using whole body densitometry. This is considered the gold standard for fast, efficient and repeatable body composition assessment.
bioelectrical impedance: a noninvasive technique to measure percent body fat and lean body mass
Ongoing research and clinical trials
We are conducting a number of ongoing research projects on the role of nutrition in improved health outcomes. These projects include studies on the role of dietary intake and long-term health and bone health, inflammatory bowel disease, obesity, cancer, short bowel syndrome and many others.
