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Body Composition in Relation to Economic Status Among Adult Females


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This cross-sectional nature of research investigation consists of assessing nutritional status and body composition of 629 young women in the age range of 18-28 years. Mean BMI and waist hip ratio was revealed 20.3±3.4 and 0.83±0.05, respectively. Fat per cent showed an increasing trend in accordance with income slab. A decreasing trend was observed for fat free mass (%) and total body water (%) in relation to income range. Mean observations for fat (%) have been found to be 21.27±6.55, 22.74±6.77 and 23.91±6.86 at three corresponding income ranges. FFM (%) and fat (%) had significant difference (p<0.01) at 1 per cent level for the groups viz., low income group-middle income group and middle income group-high income group. Anthropometric characteristics such as weight, BMI, waist circumference, hip circumference, triceps, biceps, sub-scapular and sum of skin fold thickness had rising trend with advancing income ranges while height, MUAC, WHR and supra-iliac revealed no such trend. Waist circumference showed to have significant difference (p<0.05) at 5 per cent level for the groups viz., low income group-middle income group and low income group-high income group. Waist hip ratio revealed significant difference (p<0.05) at 5 per cent level for the group low income group-middle income group.

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Nutritional Status, Body Composition, Economic Status, Adult Females.
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Authors

Priyanka Singhal
Department of Foods and Nutrition, College of Home Science, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar (Uttarakhand), India
Rita Singh Raghuvanshi
Department of Foods and Nutrition, College of Home Science, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar (Uttarakhand), India

Abstract


This cross-sectional nature of research investigation consists of assessing nutritional status and body composition of 629 young women in the age range of 18-28 years. Mean BMI and waist hip ratio was revealed 20.3±3.4 and 0.83±0.05, respectively. Fat per cent showed an increasing trend in accordance with income slab. A decreasing trend was observed for fat free mass (%) and total body water (%) in relation to income range. Mean observations for fat (%) have been found to be 21.27±6.55, 22.74±6.77 and 23.91±6.86 at three corresponding income ranges. FFM (%) and fat (%) had significant difference (p<0.01) at 1 per cent level for the groups viz., low income group-middle income group and middle income group-high income group. Anthropometric characteristics such as weight, BMI, waist circumference, hip circumference, triceps, biceps, sub-scapular and sum of skin fold thickness had rising trend with advancing income ranges while height, MUAC, WHR and supra-iliac revealed no such trend. Waist circumference showed to have significant difference (p<0.05) at 5 per cent level for the groups viz., low income group-middle income group and low income group-high income group. Waist hip ratio revealed significant difference (p<0.05) at 5 per cent level for the group low income group-middle income group.

Keywords


Nutritional Status, Body Composition, Economic Status, Adult Females.

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