Anthropometric Parameters and their Relationship with Obesity in Adolescent boys (aged 13�17 years) in Delhi

SANDHYA BANIK; KALPANA SHARMA

Volume : VI, Issue : VII, July - 2016

Anthropometric Parameters and their Relationship with Obesity in Adolescent boys (aged 13�17 years) in Delhi

Sandhya Banik, Kalpana Sharma

Abstract :

The purpose of the study was to investigate whether there is a correlation between the obesity and anthropometric parameters such as Body mass index, waist circumference, waist to height ratio and to find out which one is the better predictor of obesity among these parameters. A status study was designed under purposive sampling included 162 school going adolescents in urban areas of the Delhi. Prevalence of obesity and overweight was found between 3.70% and 19.75% respectively. Obesity as per waist to height ratio analysis (36.42%) and waist circumference (22.83%) among male adolescents was found. Body Mass index & Waist to height ratio(r=0.617) and Waist circumference (r=0.592) were significantly correlated with each other. It was concluded that waist to height ratio is a better predictor for the obesity than Body mass index and Waist circumference having a higher correlation with BMI.