WK 2 - MEASURE DIETARY INTAKE & BODY COMP. IN ATHLETES

Question 1

Dietary assesment methods?

Answer 1

RETROSPECTIVE: 
24hr recall
Diet history 
Food frequency questionaire
Computer assited techniques

PROSPECTIVE:
Food records / diaries 
Duplicate portion analysis
Observation
Balance sheets/store inventory
Electronic records
Photographic or video-record

Question 2

Anthropometry?

Answer 2

Measurement of body size, weight and proportions.

Can be used to monitor/assess:
health
development & growth
nutritional status
body composition

Question 3

Anthropometric imaging methods:

Answer 3

Dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA)*
Ultrasound
Computed tomography (CT)
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

Question 4

anthropometric non-imaging methods:

Answer 4

Surface anthropometry*
Air dysplacement plesthmyography
Three-dimensional body scanning
Bioelectrical impedance (BIA)*
Weight, height and BMI

Question 5

Most common anthropometric methods used in athletes?

Answer 5

DXA
Surface anthropometry
BIA

Question 6

DXA Scan?

Answer 6

Full body scan. Patients lie flat on a bed while scanning arm scans the entire body.

Generates detailed images of:
bones
lean body mass
body fat of participants

Question 7

BIA?

Answer 7

Determines the electrical impedance, or opposition to the flow of an electric current through body tissues which is then used to calculate total body water which can then be used to estimate fat free mass.