Waist-to-Hip Ratio: A Better Better Anthropometric Index for Predicting Predicting the Risk of Obesity in Children and Adolescents Risk of Obesity in Children and Adolescents

Authors

  • Manju Dewan Associate Professor, DAV College, Sector 10, Associate Professor, DAV College, Sector 10, Chandigarh 160011, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.48165/

Keywords:

Obesity, Overweight, Normal, Health Obesity

Abstract

Obesity is a complex challenge that needs to bObesity is a complex challenge that needs to be  addressed at both a societal and individual level. Now  addressed at both a societal and individual level. Now  obesity presents a huge public health threat and should  obesity presents a huge public health threat and should  be stressed and investigated. This project was planned  This project was planned  to improve the health and nutrition status of children to  to improve the health and nutrition status of children to  avoid obesity in them. Both waist and hip measurements  h waist and hip measurementswere found to be having significant differences between  differences between overweight and obese children in comparison wit overweight and obese children in comparison with  normachildren. 

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Published

2022-12-15

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Vol. 41 No. 2 (2022): Bulletin of Pure and Applied Sciences-Zoology (Jul-Dec) 2022

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Waist-to-Hip Ratio: A Better Better Anthropometric Index for Predicting Predicting the Risk of Obesity in Children and Adolescents Risk of Obesity in Children and Adolescents . (2022). Bulletin of Pure & Applied Sciences- Zoology , 41(2), 188–192. https://doi.org/10.48165/