Anthropometric Assessment of Nutritional Status

Partial table of contents: BACKGROUND AND THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS. Concept of Nutritional Status and Its Measurement (J. Dwyer). Theoretical Considerations in the Measurement and Interpretation of Changes in Adult Dimensions (S. Bailey). SPECIFIC ANTHROPOMETRIC INDICATORS. Weight-Stature Indices to Measure Underweight, Overweight and Obesity (T. Cole). Considering Frame Size in Nutritional Assessment (J. Himes). ASSESSMENT OF BODY COMPONENTS. Anthropometric Assessment of Fat-Free Body Mass (T. Lohman). Anthropometric Assessment of Body Fat and Fatness (N. Norgan). ISSUES AND APPLICATIONS. Genetic Aspects of Anthropometric Dimensions Relevant to Assessment of Nutritional Status (C. Bouchard). Birth Weight as an Indicator of Fetal Nutritional Status (L. Caulfield). Growth Monitoring and Promotion (M. Latham). National Nutritional Surveys Assessing Anthropometric Status (R. Kuczmarski & C. Johnson). Measurement Issues Related to Anthropometric Assessment of Nutritional Status (N. Cameron). Anthropometric Assessment in an Adult Obesity Clinic (D. Gray & G. Bray). Anthropometric Assessment of Nutritional Status in the Elderly (W. Chumlea).Himes, John H. is the author of 'Anthropometric Assessment of Nutritional Status', published 1991 under ISBN 9780471568766 and ISBN 0471568767.