Anthropometric Standards for the Assessment of Growth and Nutritional Status

Description

Compiles the largest database of material on anthropometric standards from National Health Examination surveys Designed for the physician, medical student, resident physician, or nutritionist interested in the physical growth and development of adults and children, this book presents in one volume the compilation of the largest database of material on anthropometric standards from the National Health Examination surveys. Because the information is presented in tabular and graphic form, medical investigators can easily compare and interpret their findings with the collection of normative values. No other book is as inclusive, as soundly based, or as potentially useful to people interested in nutrition, cardiovascular disease, anthropometry, and epidemiology. A. Roberto Frisancho is Thurnau Professor of Anthropology at University of Michigan. Praise / Awards ". . . a useful and long-needed stand-alone clinical manual for nutritional assessment." —American Journal of Physical Anthropology Necessity for New Anthropometric Standards, 1 Methods and Materials, 9 Anthropometric Classification, 31 Anthropometric Standards, 37 Examples, 119 Literature Cited, 133 Anthropometric Tables for Blacks, 143 Anthropometric Tables for White, 163 Subject Index, 187 Credits