A Cross-Sectional Study of Anthropometric Measurements of Adolescent Girls in an Urban School of North India
Journal Title: Scholars Journal of Applied Medical Sciences - Year 2014, Vol 2, Issue 4
Abstract
Abstract: All individuals who have a Body Mass Index that exceeds the 95th percentile specified for age and gender are over weight. Those who have BMI that is between the 85th and the 95th percentiles are considered to be at risk of overweight. Prevalence of obesity is increasing at all ages worldwide. In fact, children are very often becoming overweight at a comparatively younger age and this can be gauged by their anthropometric measurements. The present study was undertaken in order to study the anthropometric measurements of school going girls in the age group of 13-19 years in a school in North India. Anthropometric measurements of all the study subjects were recorded by conducting a cross sectional descriptive study. All 1149female students, aged 13 to 19 years who were enrolled in the school in class seventh to twelfth, during the study period were studied. Results had shown that the mean weight, height and BMI increased from 41.50 (SD=2.40), 149.40 (SD=3.00), and18.58 (SD=0.44) at the age of 13 years to 44.03 (SD=4.43), 149.51 (SD=7.66), and19.76 (SD=2.07) by the age of 19 years respectively. In conclusion, with increasing age, the mean of anthropometric measurements is increased. This increase was found to be steady as the age increased. Keywords: Adolescent, anthropometry, girls, obesity, overweight, urban
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Harinder Sekhon, Sukhmeet Minhas
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