International Journal of Global Health

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EwaStachowska Author

Subjects of specialization
Human Nutrition, Biochemistry

Affiliation
Department of Biochemistry and Human Nutrition, Pomeranian Medical University, 71-460 Szczecin, Poland.

Biography

On March 14, 2-14, the President of the Republic of Poland, Bronis?aw Komorowski, presented nomination deeds at the Belweder Palace to academics as well as science and art workers.In the field of medical sciences, the nomination was given to prof. dr hab. n. med. Ewa Stachowska.Ewa Stachowska graduated in biology from the University of Adam Mickiewicz in Pozna?. She received her doctoral degree in 1989, and habilitation in 2008. She is the head of the Department of Biochemistry and Human Nutrition at the Medical University of Warsaw.

 


Publications

Short Communication Open Access

The role of neck circumference measurement – could be a reliable way of evaluating patient's health state

Author(s):

Joanna HoÅ‚owko, Maja CzerwiÅ„ska-Rogowska, Dominika Maciejewska, nna Gudan, Honorata Mruk, Anna Gudan, Anna Wolska, Joanna Palma, Maciej HaÅ‚asa, Ewa Stachowska

The epidemiological study is one of the most demanding studies. Furthermore, receiving honest data from patients is required to obtain solid statistics. However, there are some questions generally regarded as inhibiting and sensitive, for instance concerning body weight or waist circumference. Those questions could have a significant impact on utter statistics making them unreliable. There is an enormous need to create some useful and convenient anthropometric tools that would help to evaluate patient’s health status simultaneously avoiding sensitive questions and rendering all the data valid. The object of our study was to examine the usefulness of neck circumference in evaluating patient’s body weight and waist circumference. The study was c... view more»

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