Bastow M D
Proc Nutr Soc. 1982 Sep;41(3):381-8. doi: 10.1079/pns19820053.
This paper has discussed some of the anthropometric techniques currently used for assessing nutritional state. Most of the measurements are easy to perform and a large amount of reference information is available, and yet an accurate and clinically useful method for nutritional assessment (especially for the elderly) has yet to be achieved. At present the best compromise would appear to be the use of measurements of weight, height and skinfold thickness at several sites to estimate the individual's body fat (and hence estimate 'energy reserves') from regression equations, or in conjunction with a prediction of their usual percentile, from national surveys, to try and gauge losses or gains in fat. The estimation of 'degrees' of malnutrition is not recommended.
本文讨论了目前用于评估营养状况的一些人体测量技术。大多数测量操作简便，且有大量参考信息可用，但尚未找到一种准确且对临床有用的营养评估方法（尤其是针对老年人）。目前，最佳的折衷办法似乎是测量体重、身高以及多个部位的皮褶厚度，通过回归方程来估计个体的体脂（从而估计“能量储备”），或者结合全国性调查中其通常的百分位数预测，来尝试衡量脂肪的增减。不建议对营养不良的“程度”进行估计。
