Anthropometric measurements are used for the classification of body weight in humans, while waist circumference, as a useful parameter to measure adiposity. The present study evaluated the correlation between body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference as indicators of health status. It included 213 healthy adults from three indigenous communities of the Cañar canton, Ecuador, aged between 20 and 75 years, grouped into early adulthood (20-39 years), middle adult (40-59 years) and advanced adult (60 years and over). Weight, height and abdominal circumference were measured to calculate the BMI classifying them into normal weight, underweight, overweight and obesity according to categories of the World Health Organization. The abnormal weigh...
Background: Physical activity and healthy eating are determinants for the care of body weight, as we...
Objective: To determine the prevalence of overweight and obesity within a low-income population of C...
According to the latest health sector reports from Peru, More than 63% of the population between the...
Basado en el creciente avance de técnicas de computación que permiten describir o predecir caracterí...
Introduction: Overweight and obesity are chronic noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) that currently have...
Introduction: Body Shape Index (ABSI) is based on the birth circumference (CC) being independent ofh...
ResumenLa obesidad es una enfermedad crónica de alta prevalencia en Chile y en la mayoría de los paí...
ResumenLa modificación del Índice de Masa Corporal (IMC) como indicador de salud nutricional, en el ...
Body composition assessments are important important measurements for the diagnosis and monitoring o...
Introduction. Excess weight represents a problem in the adult population, which has increased in rec...
Obesity is a pathology that affects health conditions, which forces an early detection and the use o...
La evaluación de la situación nutricional de los niños, depende en gran medida de las curvas de crec...
El control y la prevención de la desnutrición es una tarea inconclusa en muchos países, entre ellos ...
Lifestyle is the most influencing factor in human health; to know the lifestyle contribute to an ear...
Introducción: El índice de masa corporal (IMC) es un parámetro simple de peso por altura quede peso ...
Background: Physical activity and healthy eating are determinants for the care of body weight, as we...
Objective: To determine the prevalence of overweight and obesity within a low-income population of C...
According to the latest health sector reports from Peru, More than 63% of the population between the...
Basado en el creciente avance de técnicas de computación que permiten describir o predecir caracterí...
Introduction: Overweight and obesity are chronic noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) that currently have...
Introduction: Body Shape Index (ABSI) is based on the birth circumference (CC) being independent ofh...
ResumenLa obesidad es una enfermedad crónica de alta prevalencia en Chile y en la mayoría de los paí...
ResumenLa modificación del Índice de Masa Corporal (IMC) como indicador de salud nutricional, en el ...
Body composition assessments are important important measurements for the diagnosis and monitoring o...
Introduction. Excess weight represents a problem in the adult population, which has increased in rec...
Obesity is a pathology that affects health conditions, which forces an early detection and the use o...
La evaluación de la situación nutricional de los niños, depende en gran medida de las curvas de crec...
El control y la prevención de la desnutrición es una tarea inconclusa en muchos países, entre ellos ...
Lifestyle is the most influencing factor in human health; to know the lifestyle contribute to an ear...
Introducción: El índice de masa corporal (IMC) es un parámetro simple de peso por altura quede peso ...
Background: Physical activity and healthy eating are determinants for the care of body weight, as we...
Objective: To determine the prevalence of overweight and obesity within a low-income population of C...
According to the latest health sector reports from Peru, More than 63% of the population between the...