Nutritional Status Assessment

Part 1 Anthropometric methodology: stature and supine length; body mass or weight; weight-height ratios; circumferences; skinfold thickness; skeletal diameters. Part 2 Body composition methodology: densitometry; dilutometry; advanced methods. Part 3 Physical working capacity and physical fitness methodology: cardiorespiratory efficiency; muscle strength; motor performance. Part 4 Energy balance: energy intake; energy expenditure. Part 5 Lipid pattern methodology: essential fatty acids by HRGC; separation and determination plasma lipids and lipoproteins; the arachidonic acid in the vascular system. Part 6 Protein nutriture methodology: indicators of nutritional status; plasma proteins; urinary creatinine; 3-methyl-histidine; IGF-1. Part 7 Vitamin nutriture methodology: vitamin A; vitamin D in serum by competitive protein binding assay; vitamin E in plasma and serum by HLPC; phylloquinone in serum or plasma; thiamin; riboflavin; niacin in whole blood and urine; vitamin B6; folic acid; vitamin B12 in serum by competitive protein-binding assay; biotin in whole blood, plasma and urine; pantothenic acid in whole blood by microbiological assay; vitamin C in plasma and whole blood. Part 8 Mineral nutriture methodology: sodium; potassium; calcium; phosphorous; magnesium; iron; zinc; copper; selenium; chromium; manganese. Part 9 Immunocompetence methodology: lymphocyte count; delayed cutaneous hypersensitivity; complement C3 and factor B; secretory IgA; T-lymphocyte and subset percentage; lymphocyte proliferation response. Part 10 Clinical nutriture methodology. Part 11 Psychometrics and nutrition: purpose and scope; fundamentals of psychological testing; types of psychological test; cross cultural assessment.