| Abstract: | It is the purpose of this paper to discuss certain phases of the pro-
blem of nutritional assessment. Particular attention will be directed
to(1) the reasons for failure of the commonly used height-weight
rclationship to provide an adequate basis for nutritional appraisal, (2)
the importance of the stem-length (sitting-height) in relation to weight,
and the peculiar merits of von Pirquet''a jelidisi index based on this
relationship, (3) certain fundamental principles bf biometric and statis-
tical analyses upon which the correct interpretation and application r,f
such indices depend, and (4) the necessity of combining both clinical
and biometric methods of nutritional appraisal in the interesfs of arriving
at the most adequate nutritional assessment possible in specific cases. |
