Anthropometric measures and nutritional status in a healthy elderly population

• Main Authors: Duque-López María (Author), García-Peña Carmen (Author), Sánchez-García Sergio (Author), Juárez-Cedillo Teresa (Author), Cortés-Núñez Alma (Author), Reyes-Beaman Sandra (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Anthropometric evaluation is an essential feature of geriatric nutritional evaluation for determining malnutrition, being overweight, obesity, muscular mass loss, fat mass gain and adipose tissue redistribution. Anthropometric indica...