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Dioum Aissatou

Membership Status:
Full Member

Pays d’origine:
Sénégal
 
Addresse locale:
Ouagou niayes 2 n° 250
Dakar
Sénégal


Institution:
Cheikh Anta Diop, Université de Dakar
(Sénégal)
en Collaboration avec: Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)
Dakar - Montpellier

Addresse actuelle:
BP 17918
Dakar Liberté
Sénégal

Téléphone:
(+221) 645 5004 (cellulaire)
(+221) 824 7232

E-mail:
dioum74@yahoo.fr


Éducation
· PhD Student since January 2001, University of Dakar
· MPS Nutrition, 2001, University of Dakar
· MS Natural Sciences, 1997, University of Dakar
· BSc Natural Sciences, 1997, University of Dakar

Intérêts de Recherche
Validity of fields methods (impédancemétry, anthropometry) to predict body composition (Fat mass, lean body mass and body water) of African women: a cross-validation study using air displacement plethysmography and isotope technique.
Etablishment of specifics fat mass and fat free mass équations, for hand-to-hand and foot-to-foot impedancemetry.
Aplicability in epidemiological study for comparing body composition in rural and urban African women.

Langues
Français, Anglais, Wollof

Other Studies
· MS in Project Management
· Women leadership

Other Activities
-Member of Senegalese Association of University Women affilied to the internationale Federation of University Women
-In charge of pratical Works of Animal Physiology (2nd year in natural sciences)
- Member of Nutrition Unit, WHO Collaborating Center for nutrition, IRD (reasearch institute for developement), Dakar

Publications sélectionnées
DIOUM A, GARTNER A, MAIRE B, DELPEUCH F, SCHUTZ Y. Can body composition of African women be accurately predicted by an arm-to-arm impedance analyzer? Acta Diabetologica 2002;39:173.

 

 

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