Overweight and obesity screening indicator using neck circumference

Background: Overweight and obesity can be assessed through anthropometric measurements using the body mass index (BMI). Some studies suggest that neck fat is positively correlated with visceral fat, insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome. Neck circumference has been shown to closely BMI used as a practical screening tool for identifying overweight or obese individuals in both men women. However, correlation of percentage not studied. Methods: This study an analytical conducted sensitivity specificity analyses describe indicators children. Data collected included circumference, weight, height (converted into BMI), other characteristics were taken tape. Results: The results showed weight school-age children had average 28.3 kg. Height 133.2 cm. 30.3 analysis Pearson product moment test significant value r=0.483 p=0.00. Conclusions: There relationship between BMI. greater BMI, area under curve (AUC) ROC indicates better diagnostic UAC 0.783, indicating diagnose accuracy 78.3%.