Association Of Selected Anthropometric And Body  Composition Measures With Diet And Life Style Related  Factors Among Punjabi Adult Males Of India

Naina Bhatt; Kiran Bains; Renuka Aggarwal

doi:10.48165/

Authors

Naina Bhatt Department of Food & Nutrition, College of Home Science, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana - 140 004, Punjab (India)
Kiran Bains Department of Food & Nutrition, College of Home Science, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana - 140 004, Punjab (India)
Renuka Aggarwal Department of Food & Nutrition, College of Home Science, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana - 140 004, Punjab (India)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.48165/

Keywords:

Anthropometry body composition, field workers, laboratory workers, office workers

Abstract

Occupational level greatly influences the physical activity which, in turn, significantly affects body composition and overall health. Ninety adult male participants in age group of 40-50 years from three occupational categories i.e. field workers, laboratory workers and office workers were selected from PAU, Ludhiana (India). The study revealed that higher income and education were positively and significantly (p≤0.01) correlated with body weight (r = 0.53; 0.48), BMI (r = 0.4; 70.44), waist circumference (r = 0.65; 0.58) and fat mass (r = 0.37; 0.34), respectively. Of the various activities carried out by participants, cycling and agricultural activities showed a significant but negative relation with body weight (r = -0.41, -0.86), BMI (r = -0.25, -0.38), waist circumference (r = -0.62; -0.37) and fat mass (r = -0.39; -0.27) while positively significant relationship was found with fat free mass (r = 0.31, 0.20). Body fat accumulation was positively and significantly correlated with body weight, BMI, waist circumference and fat mass, however, it was proteins which had significant enhancing effect on fat free mass (r = 0.29). Therefore, it may be concluded that physical activity is a leading factor that influences the anthropometry and body composition.

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