Body Habitus Examination-Wight Height

Question 0

How many men and women suffer from eating disorders? Name two principle disorders.

Answer 0

Female: 5-10 million Male: 1 million

-Anorexia Nervosa & Bulimia

Question 1

What is the name of the skin folding test and what type of fat is it measuring?

Answer 1

Jackson-Pollack skin fold test measures subcutaneous fat.
Females- ticeps, suprailliac, hip/buttox, & thigh
Males- chest, waist, thigh, & tricep

Question 2

Give reason for possible increased height.

Answer 2

Gigantism- exaggerated growth due to increased growth hormone before epiphyseal closure

Question 3

Give one reason for increased skeletal proportion.

Answer 3

Acromegaly- increased bone structure of face, jaw, and extremeties

Question 4

What is the criteria for “short stature” determination? In addition, what percentage of people are taller the termed “short stature?”

Answer 4

2 standard deviations below the average height of individuals of same age group

95% are taller than the determined short stature

Question 5

Name 5 possible causes of short individuals.

Answer 5

Constitutional delay
1 or both parents are short- child will reach height of 1 or both eventually
degenerative disc disease
vertebra wedging in osteoporosis
flexure of knees with arthritis

Question 6

Name and describe 2 “clinical” bone/skeletal disease/condition?

Answer 6

Rickets- softening/weakening of bones caused by vit. D, calcium, and phosphate deficiency

Achondroplasia- heredity condition by which ossification of bone from cartilage is retarded causing short limbs and occasionally smaller face relative to skull size

Question 7

What are 5 possible general inspection questions?

Answer 7

Is the patient:

• unusually short or tall
• body slender, muscular, or stocky?
• symmetrical/propionate?
• emaciate, slender, overweight, obese?
• body fat concentration (large torso narrow limbs, or large hip and waist)?

Question 8

What are 4 possible things to report regarding weight change?

Answer 8

• Amount of weight change in period of time?
• Desired/undesired?
• Size as child?
• Other symptoms?

Question 9

Name 2 possible “reports” regarding height.

Answer 9

• Amount and parts?

- Other symptoms?

Question 10

What are 2 possible categorical history questions?

Answer 10

Patient History:

• Weight gain/loss?
• Illness?

Family History:

• Family Body Frame (height and weight)?
• family genetics and metabolic disorders?

Question 11

What specifically will methods of body measurement measure?

Answer 11

• Height
• Girth
• Composition: refers to tissue proportions

Question 12

What is the body size by wrist circumference equation & determination?

Answer 12

Height(cm)/Wrist Circumference(cm)
(Frame) (Male) (Female)
Small 10.4 >10.9

Question 13

What is the overweight vs. obesity regulation?

Answer 13

Overweight- 10% above Ht and Wt charts
Obese- 20% above Ht and Wt charts
          -Mild 20%-40% above
          -Medium 41%-99% above
          -Severe >100% above

Question 14

What are the 6 BMI classifications?

Answer 14

• Underweight
• Healthy weight
• Overweight
• Obese
• Obese
• Extreme Obese

Question 15

What is the waist to hip ratio in females and males and its equation?

Answer 15

Ratio = (waist)/(hip)
Female- 0.80 or less
Male- 0.95 or less