EXCI 218 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Longitudinal Study, Percentile, Body Fat Percentage
15 May 2016
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What you need to know for the midterm. The only ratio and proportion you have to know is the bmi and what limitations there are in applying it to some individuals. You do not have to memorize the heights or weights at specific ages from the growth charts on pages 34-37 nor in the appendix. For skinfold thickness, you just have to know what taking these measurements tells you about body fat percentage. 8 regression, diurnal variation in height and weight, figure 2. 2, Height to stature, ratio of bicristal breadth/biacromial breadth, table 4. 1. Physical growth and maturation: the study of human growth, pattern is generally similar for most individuals, although great variability exists, variability exists in growth rate and eventual size attained, rate of growth varies greatly at different ages. These are thinking questions -- here"s your task-you need information on the growth of humans, particularly height and weight, and growth"s relation to overweight and obesity.
