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Nutrition and Healthy Eating

Standard Methods for the Collection and Collation of Anthropometric Data in Children

This report addresses the NHMRC's recommendation on a standardised method for collecting anthropometric data in children. This report is part of a broader governmental effort to improve the comparability, consistency and relevance of national information on the health and well-being of Australians.

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Prepared by Assoc Prof Peter SW Davies, Ms Rebecca Roodveldt and Dr Geoff Marks, Australian Food and Nutrition Monitoring Unit for Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care
2001
ISBN: 0 642 82058 9

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