A Descriptive Study to Assess Relationship between Body Fat Percentage and Obesity at a Tertiary Level Health Facility

Introduction: The prevalence of obesity is increasing in Indian adults at alarming rate and causing high burden of chronic diseases due to relatively high Body Fat Percentage (BFP) compared to other ethnic groups. There is a dearth of studies on assessment of obesity by using BFP measurement. This s...

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Main Authors: Sanjay T V, Nandini R C, Thejaswini P, Ramu P, Sowbhayga K, Saranya K
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Indian Association of Preventive and Social Medicine 2020-12-01
Series:Healthline
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Online Access:http://www.healthlinejournal.org/index_pdf/335.pdf