New Anthropometric Indices as Determinants of Overwieght and Predictors of Metabolic and Cardiovascular Disability in Women.
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2013-11
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Obesity increases the risk of diabetes, hypertension,
coronary heart disease and physical disability but modest
overweight is less properly quantified and investigated.
Objective of this work is to critically assess the Body Mass
Index (BMI) and other anthropometric measurements to
define overweight in addition to obesity, as overweight itself
influences hypertension and other diseases which are
revealed by the present investigation. For the diagnosis and
prevention of the complication of obesity earlier diagnosis
and prevention of overweight is more essential than to treat
obesity. Two thousand women aged between 20-60 years
were investigated. Their height, weight, chest circumference,
abdomen circumference, hip circumference and
mid arm circumference were measured. Besides blood sugar
(fasting) and cholesterol (fasting) in all and lipid profile
(fasting) in 200 women were estimated and their E.C.G.
changes were also assessed. Their physical efficiencies
were also tested computing all these data following
guidelines of weight for adult women are proposed.
Maximum Body Weight (M.B.W) - (Height in cm -
100 cm) × kg/cm.
Above this weight (M.B.W.) is overweight.
15% higher than above (M.B.W.) is obesity.
15% less than maximum weight is underweight.
30% less than maximum is morbid underweight.
The morbid underweight subjects are unable to carry
5 kgs weight for 10 minutes.
Ratio of Chest circumference / Abdomen circumference
or Waist circumference (C/W) must be more than unity,
preferably more that 1.05.
Ratio of Height/Mid arm circumference should be
between 6.00 to 7.50.
Ratio below 6.00 is overweight.
Ratio above 7.50 is underweight.
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overweight, obesity, underweight, morbid underweight, hypertension, lipid profile, new overweight guideline
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Mandal Salil Kumar, New Anthropometric Indices as Determinants of Overwieght and Predictors of Metabolic and Cardiovascular Disability in Women. Indian Medical Gazette. 2013 Nov ; 147 (11): 397-405.