Evaluation of methodology for nutritional assessment in children: Anthropometry, body composition, and energy expenditure

Annual Review of Nutrition

Volumn 17, Issue , 1997, Pages 211-235

  Zemel, Babette S ^a   Riley, Elizabeth M ^a   Stallings, Virginia A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Caloric requirements; Catch up growth; Heredity; Maturation; Reference data

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; CHILD; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALNUTRITION; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; WELLBEING;

AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENERGY INTAKE; ENERGY METABOLISM; GROWTH; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0030753969     PISSN: 01999885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.nutr.17.1.211     Document Type: Review

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