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close this bookPhysical Status: The Use and Interpretation of Anthropometry - Report of a WHO Expert Committee (WHO - OMS, 1995, 460 p.)
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View the documentWHO Expert Committee on Physical Status: The Use and Interpretation of Anthropometry
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Open this folder and view contents1. Introduction
Open this folder and view contents2. Technical framework
Open this folder and view contents3. Pregnant and lactating women
Open this folder and view contents4. The newborn infant
Open this folder and view contents5. Infants and children
Open this folder and view contents6. Adolescents
Open this folder and view contents7. Overweight adults
Open this folder and view contents8. Thin adults
Open this folder and view contents9. Adults 60 years of age and older
Open this folder and view contents10. Overall recommendations
View the documentAcknowledgements
View the documentAnnex 1 - Glossary of terms and abbreviations
View the documentAnnex 2 - Recommended measurement protocols and derivation of indices
View the documentAnnex 3 - Recommended reference data
View the documentSelected WHO publications of related interest
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Selected WHO publications of related interest


Price (Sw.fr.)*

The growth chart: a tool for use in infant and child health care.
1986 (33 pages)

12.-

Measuring change in nutritional status: guidelines for assessing the nutritional impact of supplementary feeding programmes.
1983 (101 pages)

14.-

Diet, nutrition, and the prevention of chronic diseases.
Report of a WHO Study Group.
WHO Technical Report Series, No. 797, 1990 (203 pages)

26.-

Energy and protein requirements.
Report of a Joint FAO/WHO/UNU Expert Consultation.
WHO Technical Report Series, No. 724, 1985 (206 pages)

17.-

The health of young people: a challenge and a promise.
1993 (x + 109 pages)

23.-

Health of the elderly.
Report of a WHO Expert Committee.
WHO Technical Report Series, No. 779, 1989 (98 pages)

12.-

A guide to nutritional assessment.
I. Beghin, M. Cap & B. Dujardin.
1988 (80 pages)

14.-

Screening in primary health care: setting priorities with limited resources.
P.A. Braveman & E. Tarimo
1994 (viii + 196 pages)

30.-

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