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Basic Anthropometry | |
File name | Basic Anthropometry |
File Description | A branch of anthropology that involves the quantitative measurement of the human body. It is the single most portable, universally applicable, inexpensive and non-invasive technique for assessing the size, proportions and composition of the human body. Appropriate use and interpretation from infancy to old age is a valuable tool for guiding the health and nutritional status of individuals and populations. Paediatricians have long used child growth as an important parameter to evaluate the health and well-being of children. |
Category Name | Public Health |
Subject Name | Obesity and Public Health |
Module Name | Methods to assess nutritional status |
Micro Category Name | Anthropometric: measures age, sex, weight, height |
Level | Masters |
File Type | PPT |
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