BODY COMPOSITION, MID-ARM CONFERENCE, FAN FOLD OR SKIN-FOLD THICKNESS

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1. Atomic Level
2. Molecular Level
3. Cellular Level
4. Tissue-Organ Level
5. Whole Body Level

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Level of Human Body Composition

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body mass is composed of

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ATOMIC LEVEL 11 major elements

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oxygen, carbon, hydrogen, and nitrogen

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4 of the major elements

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make up greater than 96% of body mass.

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4 of the major elements

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calcium, potassium, phosphorous, sulfur, sodium, chlorine, and magnesium.

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other major elements

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water, lipid, protein, carbohydrates, bone minerals (BMs), and soft tissue minerals

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Molecular Lever

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provides for multiple models based on different cell types.

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Cellular Level

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models of extracellular solids, extracellular fluid, and cells

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Cellular Level

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adipose tissue (AT), skeletal muscle (SM), visceral organs, and bone

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Tissue-Organ Level

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single solid organs such as brain, heart, liver, and spleen. Others, such as SM and AT, are interspersed throughout the bod

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Tissue-Organ Level

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appendages, trunk, and head.

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Whole Body Level

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are usually described by anthropometric measures such as circumferences, skeletal lengths, breadths, and skinfold thicknesses.

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trunk and appendages

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include body weight (WT), volume, density, and electrical impedance

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Whole Body Level

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Other 1: Nitrogen and other elements

Other 2: Minerals, carbohydrates and other molecules

Other 3: Other tissues

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Whole Body Level

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The ultimate method for assessment of body composition is chemical analysis of the

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human cadaver

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considered to be the reference method for the assessment of body composition (discriminating fat mass from fat free mass), and other methods are generally validated against these techniques

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Multicomponent models/ multi-compartment models

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Mid-Arm Conference (MAC)
Fan Fold, or Skin-Fold Thickness

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ANTHROPOMETRIC MEASUREMENT

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helpful tool for a quick evaluation of nutritional status.

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Mid-Arm Conference (MAC)

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utilized in underdeveloped nations for quick and thorough nutrition surveillance and screening programs.

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Mid-Arm Conference (MAC)

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affordable technique to determine the nutritional status of patients

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Mid-Arm Conference (MAC)

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quick measurement of arm circumference

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Bangle Test

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f a fiber glass ring with an internal diameter of 4 cm is slid up the arm and reaches the elbow, it indicates that the kid is _____and that the upper arm is

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underweight

less than 12.5 cm long

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a tape made up of fiber glass.

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Shakir tape

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less than 12.5 cm

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red

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12.5- 13.5 cm

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yellow

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greater than 13.5 c

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green

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developed on the principle that acute starvation severely affects mid-arm circumference while height is unaffected.

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QUAC Stick

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a height measuring rod, calibrated in MAC

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QUAC Stick

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The malnourished child would be_____than the anticipated height derived from the mid-arm circumference

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taller

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with 2 sets of markings developed on the principle that acute starvation severely affects mid arm circumference

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Meter rod

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Between 1 and 5 years of age, healthy children ' s development generally stays between

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15 and 17 cm.

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It indicates severe malnutrition by measuring

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12.5 cm

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moderate malnutrition is present if it measures

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12.5 to 13.5 cm

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Normal MUAC in males

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>23

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Normal MUAC in females

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>22

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can be used as an age-independent screening measure for severe malnutrition because it doesn 't increase significantly between the ages of

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6 months and 5 years.

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measures the thickness of subcutaneous fat at various sites of the body from which total body fat and contribution of fat to body mass can be estimated.

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Fan Fold, or Skin-Fold Thickness

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a reliable, cheap, simple, noninvasive method of body fat estimation at all ages including the newborn period

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Fan Fold, or Skin-Fold Thickness

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used to assess the skinfold thickness, so that a prediction of the total amount of body fat can be made

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Skinfold caliper

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Typically a non stretch fiber glass or plastic used to locate the anatomical midpoints on the body where the skinfold measurement is taken

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Measuring tape

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• Skinfold measurement can be obtained from____different standard anatomical sites around the body using a caliper.

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2 to 9

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the most commonly used skin folds

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subscapular and triceps skinfolds

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a) Chest/Pectoral skinfold b) Mid-Axillary c) Supra-iliac or flank d) Abdominal e) Quadriceps/Mid-thigh f) Triceps g) Biceps h) Subscapular i) Medial Calf

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Fan Fold, or Skin-Fold Thickness Sites:

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9-15%

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Male Up to 30

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11-17%

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Male Up to 30-50

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12-19%

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Male Up to 50 and above

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14-21%

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female Up to 30

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15-23%

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female Up to 30-50

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16-25%

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female Up to 50 and above