Preeti Singh ¹, Rajvir Singh ², Sadanand Dwivedi ², Umesh Kapil ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Human Nutrition, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi - 110 029, IN
2 Department of Biostatistics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi - 110 029, IN

Abstract

Anemia is the most widespread of all nutritional deficiencies, constituting a vast drain on social and economic development of the country, Haemoglobin (Hb) level is the most common factor used in the evaluation of anemia prevalence in the population. It provides more accurate diagnosis of anemia compared to assessment based on clinical signs. The Blood Cell Counter (BCC) method is the standard method used for Hb estimations, however it has limited field applicability and is not useful in community surveys as a routine screening procedure. Hemocue (HQ) method is being extensively used for Hb estimations in field conditions. It has been found to be easy in operation, less in training and is portable and can be used in the field work when BCC method is not available. Concerns have been raised on the validity of the haemoglobin estimations obtained by the HQ method. Hence, the present study was conducted to validate the Hb values obtained by HQ method against the standard BCC method.

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Ajay K. Sood ¹, Umesh Kapil ¹, M. C. Gupta ¹

Affiliations
1 Centre for Community Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences , New Delhi, IN

Abstract

Obesity is a public health problem in the West ; it's prevalence in developing countries is generally believed to be low, but documented information in this regard is scanty.

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Umesh Kapil ¹, M. C. Gupta ¹

Affiliations
1 Institute of Health and Nutrition, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi - 29, IN

Abstract

Tools for measuring growth are simple and easy to use (weighing scale, measuring tape etc.) and are available in a community/family. However, no tool is available at present which may be simple, small, portable and easy to use for interpretation of anthropometric measurements collected at peripheral level. The KGAT card has been developed to fulfil this need.

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Ajay K. Sood ¹, Umesh Kapil ²

Affiliations
1 Centre for Community Medicine, AIIMS, New Delhi, IN
2 Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, IN

Abstract

In many areas of our body the subcutaneous tissues are loosely attached to the underlying structures. These can be easily pulled up between thumb and fore finger into a fold and can be satisfactorily measured by a constant pressure skinfold caliper. Commonly measured skinfolds are triceps and subscapular skinfolds. These have been used in nutritional evaluation, as quantitative criteria of body fatness, and in the analysis of body composition.

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