The effect of posture on body circumferences in older adults

Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 80-87

  Sousa, A S ^a   De Sousa, O L ^b   Amaral, T F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b Centro Hospitalar e Universitário do Porto   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Body position; Girths; Nutritional assessment; Older adults

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY POSITION; BODY POSTURE; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GIRTHS; HUMAN; MALE; MALNUTRITION; METABOLISM; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OLDER ADULTS; PHYSIOLOGY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY POSITION; GIRTHS; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OLDER ADULTS;

AGED; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POSTURE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84893652292     PISSN: 09523871     EISSN: 1365277X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jhn.12093     Document Type: Article

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