Introduction to Human Nutrition

6 Introduction to Human Nutrition insecurity is an obstacle to human rights, quality of life, and human dignity. It was estimate ...

Global Perspective on Food and Nutrition 7 to those followed in industrialized countries. Supple- mentary feeding programs in th ...

8 Introduction to Human Nutrition cold and dry foods for various purposes. Hippocrates, the father of modern medicine, who lived ...

Global Perspective on Food and Nutrition 9 over the world in controlled scientifi c experiments. Therefore, nutrition practice t ...

10 Introduction to Human Nutrition food and clean water for all in an environmentally safe way that will not compromise the abil ...

Global Perspective on Food and Nutrition 11 1.10 Perspectives on the future Nutrition research and practice, although it has bee ...

2 Body Composition Paul Deurenberg Key messages Body composition data are used to evaluate nutritional status, growth and devel ...

Body Composition 13 mass (FFM) was introduced at the end of the nine- teenth century. If body composition data are expressed as ...

14 Introduction to Human Nutrition women. In severe obesity body fat can be as high as 60–70% of body weight. Body protein varie ...

Body Composition 15 lated to another level. This is important as it forms the basis of many techniques used to determine body co ...

16 Introduction to Human Nutrition fraction of the fat-free body. The data on the chemical composition of only a few human cadav ...

Body Composition 17 fat is assumed to be maximal 3% of BF%. This error is mainly due to violation of the assumption that the den ...

18 Introduction to Human Nutrition Research to date has generally shown good agreement between underwater weighing and air displ ...

Body Composition 19 water (ECW). Commonly used tracers in this respect are bromide salts or sodium-24. Intracellular water (ICW) ...

20 Introduction to Human Nutrition equations for body composition based on DXA. However, as with other methods, DXA relies on ce ...

Body Composition 21 well as for individuals. Although some studies com- paring body composition from four-compartment models sho ...

22 Introduction to Human Nutrition CT scanning is expensive and, because of the rela- tively high level of radiation, the method ...

Body Composition 23 groups of subjects such as pregnant women or body- builders. However, other predictive methods also have the ...

24 Introduction to Human Nutrition skinfold thicknesses can be diffi cult. This can be over- come by measuring only the skinfold ...

Body Composition 25 From the mid-arm circumference, in combination with the triceps skinfold thickness, information on muscle ma ...