This is a great place to start. When using ground beef to make hamburger patties, be sure to select the right meat. Lean ground beef like ground sirloin or the 7% fat meat will tend to make dry burgers.
Changes in lifestyles, nutrition, and ethnic composition of populations lead to changes in the distribution of body dimensions (e.g. the obesity epidemic), and require regular updating of anthropometric data collections.
importance of measurement precision and standardized data collection methodology. Importance of Anthropometric Data Anthropometry is a key component of nutrition status assessment in children and adults (Simko). The NHANES anthropometry data have been used to track growth and weight trends in the U.S. population for more than thirty years (Flegal, 2002; Hedley, 2004). The anthropometric data for infants and children reflect general health status and dietary adequacy and are used to track trends in growth and development over time. The CDC has used NHANES data to produce national reference standards or âgrowth charts.â The CDC growth charts are used extensively by pediatricians and researchers in the U.S.