2014
DOI: 10.1111/jhn.12278
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Body composition and morphological assessment of nutritional status in adults: a review of anthropometric variables

Abstract: Evaluation of body composition is an important part of assessing nutritional status and provides prognostically useful data and opportunity to monitor the effects of nutrition-related disease progression and nutritional intervention. The aim of this narrative review is to critically evaluate body composition methodology in adults, focusing on anthropometric variables. The variables considered include height, weight, body mass index and alternative indices, trunk measurements (waist and hip circumferences and s… Show more

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“…Thus, even if it includes some fixed errors, the detailed evaluation of a diet is necessary to identify and narrow down the problems in improvement of individual and population nutrition based on the relationship between energy/nutrient intake and dietary intake as well as the assumed status of food intake. The above findings suggest that diet and health status should be evaluated comprehensively, taking into account not only the data acquired via clinical research but also dietary assessment results and the related data that have been gathered from as wide a population as possible (4,5).…”
Section: The Necessity Of Comprehensive Evaluationmentioning
confidence: 96%
“…Thus, even if it includes some fixed errors, the detailed evaluation of a diet is necessary to identify and narrow down the problems in improvement of individual and population nutrition based on the relationship between energy/nutrient intake and dietary intake as well as the assumed status of food intake. The above findings suggest that diet and health status should be evaluated comprehensively, taking into account not only the data acquired via clinical research but also dietary assessment results and the related data that have been gathered from as wide a population as possible (4,5).…”
Section: The Necessity Of Comprehensive Evaluationmentioning
confidence: 96%
“…Entretanto, em amostras de adultos brasileiros, os resultados foram controversos [72,73]. O DAS tem sido associado ao risco de doenças crônicas, mas essas relações dependem da população estudada e dos variados pontos anatômicos utilizados nos métodos [74,75] Estes aspectos podem justificar as diferenças entre os dados do presente estudo e de estudos prévios.…”
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“…Uma possível explicação pode estar relacionada ao fato de que a avaliação da composição corporal por dobras cutâneas não é recomendada para indivíduos com excesso de peso, devido à dificuldade e limitação do adipô-metro para pinçar a dobra 23 .…”
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