ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF ANTHROPOMETRICS

BMI disadvantages

- DOES NOT DISTINGUISH FAT MASS AND LEAN MASS -DOES NOT REFLECT BODY COMPISITION -FOR CHILDREN IT IS NOT ENOUGH TO EVALUATE LONG-TERM WEIGHT STATUS -ACCURACY VARIES SUBSTANTIALLY ACCORDING TO EACH CHILD'S BODY FATNESS

RESULTS ARE NOT ONLY FOR ARCHITECTURE BUT MANY VARIABLES OF NUTRITIONAL SIGNIFICANCE.

-MEASURES Height , weight, skinfold thickness, waist and hip ratio, HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE, and b.m.i. (body mass index)

KEY POINTS

-NON INVASIVE - A PROCEDURE THAT DOESN'T NEED A SKIN BREAK OR THERE IS NO CONTACT WITH INTERNAL PARTS -BMI Formula is Weight divided by Height Squared ( W/H^2 ) -REPRODUCIBLE - A PROCEDURE WHICH RESULTS ARE THE SAME WHEN DONE ONCE MORE HIGH Specificity AND SENSITIVITY - HIGH ACCURACY

Skinfold test disadvantages

-SPECIALIST EQUIPMENT CAN COST A LOT -HIGH RISK OF HUMAN ERROR TIME CONSUMING -DOES NOT DISTINGUISH VISCERAL ADIPOSE Tissue AND SATURATED tissue -DIFFICULT TO TAKE MEASURES IN VERY OBESE INDIVIDUALS

QUICKLY IDENTIFIES MILD TO MODERATE MALNUTRITION

-USING B.M.I AND OTHER NUTRIONAL VARIABLES

SIMPLE AND NON-INVASIVE

DOESN'T NEED A SKIN BREAK OR THERE IS NO CONTACT WITH INTERNAL PARTS

READINGS ARE REPRODUCIBLE

THE RESULTS AND DATA THAT YOU GET CAN BE USED TO DIFFERENT SETTINGS

ONLY NEEDS MINIMAL TRAINING

YOU DON'T NEED SUPERVISION OF AN EXPERT TO DO BASIC ANTHROPOMETRIC MEASUREMENTS