Exam 6: Anthropometry

If a 7-year-old male's height-for-age was at the 75th percentile,75% of 7-year-old males would be shorter than him.

A 15-year-old female whose BMI-for-age is at the 90th percentile would be considered __________.

An alternative to using hydrostatic weighing to directly determine body density is ________.

The "Frankfort plane" refers to ________.

Assessing body composition by measuring the density of the entire body is known as __________.

The triceps skinfold measurement alone cannot be used to estimate percent body fat,but it is useful for making comparisons among subjects of the same age and sex when reference data are available.

The 50th percentile is considered the average or _______ value for the specific population of interest.

Disease risk is increased in persons with ________ obesity.

A simple measure of body fat distribution recommended for use by the U.S.National Institutes of Health is __________.

A person is 5 feet,5 inches tall and weighs 192 pounds.Which of the following correctly represent this person's body mass index?

A graphic device with several vertical scales allowing the calculation of certain values when a straightedge is connected between two of the scales and the desired value is read from a third scale is known as a/an __________.

Obese persons having a greater proportion of their body fat located in the upper body and abdominal region compared with that in the hips and thighs,have what is referred to as __________ obesity.

The American Body Composition Calculator (ABCC)uses sex,ethnicity,age,height,and weight to determine ________.

A 4-year-old child whose BMI for sex and age is greater than or equal to the 85th percentile but less than the 95th percentile would be considered ________.

Which one of the following is considered to be the most closely correlated with body fatness?

Tissues in the body having a high percentage of water and a low percentage of fat are better conductors of electricity than are tissues having a high percentage of fat and a low percentage of water.

Hydrostatic weighing is done on two persons who are the same in all respects except that one has a greater residual volume than the other.Residual volume is not measured directly but estimated and assumed to be the same for both people.According to the results from the hydrostatic weighing,the person with the greater residual volume will appear to have ________ percent body fat compared with the person with the smaller residual volume.

A device designed to measure stature in children and adults is known as a/an __________.

According to the Hamwi equation,a 25-year-old female who is 64 inches tall should weigh approximately ________.

________ is the only study that collects and publishes national anthropometric measurement estimates for the U.S.population.