Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com Abbreviations: ALD: Alcoholic Liver Disease; FBG: Fasting Blood Glucose; LDL: Low Density Lipoprotein; HDL: High Density Lipoprotein; VAS: Visual Analog Scales; FBC: Full Blood Count; SBP: Systolic Blood Pressure; DBP: Diastolic Blood Pressure; BMI: Body Mass Index; WC: Waist Circumference; HC: Hip Circumference; WHR: Waist Hip Ratio; FFQ: Food Freq...

Obesity is an established risk factor for non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM). Anthropometric measures of overall and central obesity as predictors of NIDDM risk have not been as well studied, especially in women. Among 43,581 women enrolled in the Nurses' Health Study who in 1986 provided waist, hip, and weight information and who were initially free from diabetes and other major c...

Objectives: To compare BMI and inverted BMI in evaluating body measurement, resting blood pressure, Dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) parameters of fat mass and metabolic risk factors in Iranian children Materials and Methods: This is a cross-sectional study on 477 children aged 9-18 yearsin the South of Iran. Weight, height, resting blood pressure, waist and hip circumference and puberta...

There are certain Anthropometric measures which are important risk factors for development of non insulin dependent Diabetes. Previous studies have shown that body mass index (BMI) and waist hip circumference ratio (WHR) as well as other anthropometric measurements are predictive of NIDDM[1]. Shalom Nwodo Chinedu et al. also studied the correlation between body mass index and waist circumferenc...

It is imperative to improve Indonesia's achievement in sprint category using an indicator according talent scouting. The running speed of those with excessive body fat slower. distribution fat, especially the area abdomen and hip, could be measured waist hip ratio indicator. This study aimed at determining relationship between waist-hip 60-m speed. was a cross-sectional study. subjects were cho...

BACKGROUND Data on use and health benefits of active travel in rural low- and middle- income country settings are sparse. We aimed to examine correlates of active travel, and its association with adiposity, in rural India and Bangladesh. METHODS Cross sectional study of 2,122 adults (≥18 years) sampled in 2011-13 from two rural sites in India (Goa and Chennai) and one in Bangladesh (Matlab). ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate clinical measures of obesity for their ability to predict death from cardiovascular disease (CVD) and coronary heart disease (CHD), in parallel with conventional cardiovascular risk factors. DESIGN, PARTICIPANTS AND SETTING Cross-sectional analysis of an age- and sex-stratified sample of 9206 adults aged 20-69 years from Australian capital cities (1989 Australian Risk Fa...

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects social appearance anxiety adult individuals who applied a private nutrition and diet clinic in Istanbul province on their food choice its relationship with anthropometric measurements.
 Method: Social Appearance Anxiety Scale (SAAS) Food Choice Questionnaire (FCQ) including questions participants’ sociodemographic characteristics...