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The NHANES III Anthropometric video contains the standardized anthropometric procedures used throughout NHANES III for the body measurement component of the survey. Standardized anthropometric procedures are important for health researchers and investigators involved in studies comparing data collected locally with nationally representative reference data.

The video outlines the standardized anthropometric procedures for:
Body weight
Standing height
Sitting height
Upper leg length
Recumbent length
Upper arm length
Knee height
Arm circumference
Waist circumference
Buttocks circumference
Thigh circumference
Head circumference
Skinfolds (including thighs, triceps, subscapular, and suprailiac)
Wrist breadth
Biacromial breadth
Biiliac breadth
Elbow breadth

This video is available for on-line viewing with the Windows Media Player. The player can be downloaded for free from www.microsoft.com. The video is cut into eight segments for quicker downloading and includes captions. (To turn the captions on in Windows Media Player, go to Play, then Captions and Subtitles, then select "On".)

Introduction 12 MB