NUTR 8020 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Medical Nutrition Therapy, Body Fat Percentage, Body Composition
15 Dec 2018
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Chapter 7: anthropometry: anthropometric measurements are useful in establishing normative data and standards, assessing efficacy of treatments, and determining the impact of disease states. Anthropometric assessment is an essential nutrition evaluation tool. It reveals malnutrition, overweight, and obesity; it also quantifies the loss of muscle mass, increases in fat mass, and redistribution of adipose tissue: these techniques and methodologies make up the area of anthropometrics, which is defined as the. Anthropometric indicators and cutoffs: anthropometric measurements require an anthropometric indicator and a cutoff point. The anthropometric indicator, or anthropometric index, is a measurement or measurements or a combination of additional data with measurements. Body measurements: foundations in pediatrics: body measurements are essential in the analysis of the development or progression of disease and for monitoring the efficacy of treatment. In pediatrics, the essential static measurements for infants age 2 years are length, weight, and head circumference, and weight for length.
