Health Fair

My group worked on taking measurements that will be used to calculate body fat levels. We were nervous to have to ask people to expose body parts but after a little practice and with the patients of the Ticos, I think we did really well.

Third Week of Field School

July 13th 2008
Hello to All! This week our main focus has been to learn about Anthropological Measurements: things like height, weight (and calculating Body Mass Index - BMI) as well as blood glucose and blood pressure, skin fold measurements for detecting body fat, etc. We had lots of lectures and practice sessions Monday through Wednesday. This was all preparation for holding a local Health Fair where we ... read more

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