SOCIAL-INDICATORS OF HUMAN NUTRITION - MEASURES OF NUTRITIONAL-STATUS Academic Article

abstract

• The social indicators movement has neglected indicators of nutritional status. This report presents a discussion of the problems of validity, reliability and precision that plague current measures of nutritional status. Additional concerns for technically feasible and economically sound field methods are also expressed. The advantages of the various indicators are outlined. Indicators to measure the distribution of nutritional status across subgroups are presented. Further researcher is suggested. 1977 D. Reidel Publishing Company.

authors

• Mcintosh, William

published proceedings

• SOCIAL INDICATORS RESEARCH

author list (cited authors)

• EVERS, S., & MCINTOSH, W. A.

citation count

• 2

complete list of authors

• EVERS, S||MCINTOSH, WA

publication date

• January 1977

publisher

• Springer Nature  Publisher

keywords

• 2 Aetiology
• 2.2 Factors Relating To The Physical Environment
• 3 Good Health And Well Being
• 35 Commerce, Management, Tourism And Services
• 38 Economics
• 44 Human Society
• Nutrition

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1007/BF00353130

start page

• 185

end page

• 205

volume

• 4

issue

• 2

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf00353130

user-defined tag

• 3 Good Health and Well-Being