Assignment task: Questions for Anthropometrics
Q1. What are the limitations of BMI as a health assessment tool?
Q2. What options would you pursue if you were instructed to assess a patient for whom there was no body weight available?
Q3. What factors should be considered in determining energy needs?
Q4. How would you calculate the energy needs of an obese patient?
Q5. What percent of total daily kcals should come from protein?
Q6. Calculate the IBW of someone with a L BKA.
Q7. Calculate the % weight loss of someone who was 58 kg in September 2016 and is now (November 2016) 47 kg.