The standard target group to routinely include in an anthropometric assessment in refugee contexts is children aged 6-59 months. When justified, other age groups are sometimes also included. Children ...

OBJECTIVE: The objective of the current study was to identify what forms of anthropometric measurement are currently being utilized with Canadian children and youth and what are the gaps in the ...

The anthropometric measurement of mid-arm muscular area (MAMA) involves overestimation because of various assumptions, this overestimation being progressive with increasing adiposity. However, the ...

Introduction: Effective methods for assessing visceral fat are important to investigate the role of visceral fat for the increased health risks in obesity. Techniques for direct measurement of soft ...

Computerized craniofacial anthropometry can help identify patients with fetal alcohol syndrome Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) is the most extreme expression of alcohol’s adverse effects on the fetus.