Anthropometry Measurement
- Measurement of the body size, weight and physical proportions (Lee and Nieman, 1996)
- Measurement of the variations of the physical dimensions and the gross composition of the human body at different age levels and degree of nutrition (Jelliffe, 1966 In: Gibson, 2005)“Measurements of the human body”
Body size measurements
- Weight, Length, Height, Mid Upper Arm Circumference (MUAC), Head circumference, Triceps and sub-scapular skinfolds
Body composition asessments :
- Fat mass and Fat-free mass
- Triceps skinfold
- Subscapular skinfold
Growth indices :
- Weight-for-age
- Weight-for-height
- Height-for-age
- BMI-for-age
- Head-circumference-for-age
- MUAC-for-age
- Triceps-skinfold-for-age
- Subscapular-skinfold-for-age
utilization of research and education support resources:
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