Category: Live Opportunities

Looking to publish research in anthropometry? We are looking for papers (deadline 31/12/24) on: the validity of anthropometric indices in health and nutritional screenings, novel anthropometric indices and techniques, applications of anthropometry for physical performance assessment, and association of anthropometry and psychological health.

Background:

Anthropometry is a non-invasive, simple, convenient and cost-effective method to assess the health and nutritional status of individuals and populations. To date, a number of anthropometric indices, including body mass index (BMI), waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), and waist circumference, have been proposed as useful tools to screen health and nutritional status. Today, with the advancement of technologies to assess body composition and fat distribution patterns, physical performance, metabolic biomarkers, and also genetic information, the capabilities and usefulness of anthropometry and the indices that conveniently reflect these pieces of information have been highlighted.

In this Special Issue of Applied Sciences, we will consider studies that investigate the potential of anthropometry in assessments of both physiological and psychological health and nutritional status. The topics of interest include but are not limited to the following:

• Validity of anthropometric indices in health and nutritional screenings;
• Proposal of novel anthropometric indices and techniques;
• Application of anthropometry for physical performance assessment;
• Association of anthropometry and psychological health.

Guest Editors:

Dr. Masaharu Kagawa – Institute of Nutrition Sciences, Kagawa Nutrition University, Japan.
Dr. Alice May Bullas – SHU, Sheffield, UK.

For more information please head to the Applied Sciences website: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/applsci/special_issues/H6R3N30EU3

At the end of July, at Hallam’s Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre (AWRC) in Attercliffe, we are holding a body measurement training course. On the final day of the training (2^nd August) there will be an assessment in which course attendees are required to measure 3 models each. Doing so will allow us to assess their precision.  However, we need volunteers (aged 18 year+) to participate as these models.

The session will last ~ 3 hours (12:00-15:00) and each model will receive a £50 Love2Shop voucher. You will be have a series of body measures (a video of these measures can be found here) taken using tape measure and callipers. Each measurement session will take ~15 minutes and you will be measured no more than 6 times. You will be required to wear form fitting non compressive clothing. If you do not have suitable clothing we can provide some. We would also recommend that you bring some loose clothing to wear on top in between measurement sessions, again if you do not have suitable clothing we can provide some.

If you are interested in volunteering please get in contact. Or if you know of somebody else that might be interested, please share this opportunity with them.