scholarly journals Dose Body Mass Index (BMI) Fit to Muscular Individual?

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 14-16
Author(s):  
Nasim Habibzadeh

Body mass index (BMI) seemingly is an important scale for the body types determination in individual with different ethnicity. Accordingly, individual with BMI< 18.5 are classified as slim or underweight and people with BMI between 18.5 -24.9 are called normal body types. Subsequently, those individual with BMI between 25-29.9 are categorized as overweight and people with BMI > 30 are classified as obese people. Nonetheless, important question is where the muscular individual are located in this BMI scale ? Macular induvial also called overweight or obese in BMI scale which can create kind of confusion for induvial because the might try to lose weight whilst they do not actually need it. Thus ,it seems BMI measure is not sensible measure for muscular induvial as otherwise the can be at risk of health problems in various ways. Uses of the another apparatus such an ordinary weight scale or computational devices which could estimate the body type according to the BMI more accurately can be helpful.

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 15
Author(s):  
Kanako Eiwa ◽  
Naomi Nakayama ◽  
Yumi Takami ◽  
Shuko Iwasaki ◽  
Yoshinori Hino ◽  
...  

Background: Home-based medical care is expanding rapidly in Japan.Objectives: We aimed to identify the factors associated with outcomes of therapy in patients receiving home-visit rehabilitation.Methods: One hundred twenty-one patients receiving home-based rehabilitation were investigated. Nutritional status was assessed by the Mini Nutritional Assessment Short Form (MNA-SF). The Functional Independence Measure (FIM) was employed to assess the activities of daily living (ADL). The body mass index (BMI), medical history, and orthopedic disease-related pain were also recorded. The primary outcome was the improvement in FIM scores in one year.Results: A total of 19 (17%) patients were malnourished and 58 (48%) were at risk of malnutrition. Malnourished patients had a lower FIM score at initiation than those at risk of malnutrition or with normal nutritional status. Only changes in patients’ BMI and MNA-SF scores over one year were significantly associated with improved FIM scores (p = 0.0079 and p = 0.0049, respectively). No association was noted with the other factors.Conclusions: This is the first report to demonstrate that changes in MNA-SF scores and BMI are significantly associated with rehabilitation outcomes in home-based care. Nutritional management is essential along with rehabilitation to improve ADL in the long-term home care setting.


2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_2) ◽  
pp. 277-277
Author(s):  
Jacob Setorglo ◽  
Philip Narteh Gorleku ◽  
Kyei Roselyn ◽  
Kingsley Kwadwo Asare Pereko

Abstract Objectives The study assessed the body size perception of respondents against the WHO body mass index and related the body sizes to fat and sugar consumption among 20–45-year-old adults. Methods The study design was a descriptive cross-sectional survey which involved 200 respondents aged 20–45 years, sampled conveniently. at Sunyani. Data on socio-demographic, fat and sugar consumption, anthropometry (weight in kg, height in cm) were collected. The weight and height data were later converted into body mass index using the World Health Organisation (WHO) classification. Sugar and fat intakes were measured by dietary food based assessment. (Analysis was done using IBM SPSS version 25. Proportions were presented for categorical values. Chi square test of association was used to determine relationship between the independent and the dependent outcome variable. Statistical significant was set at and P &lt; 0.05. Results The mean age of the respondents was 35 years. About 35.0% of respondents were males and the rest 65.0% females. Sugar and fat consumption among the respondents were within the recommended dietary allowances. Although 75% of respondents had normal body mass index (kg/m2) and 21% were obese based on the WHO classification, Majority (43.0%) of them perceived their body weights were normal. About 48.1% perceived they are either obese or had normal body size. There was no statistically significant association between respondents’ perceived body image and socio-demographic characteristics except for marital status (X2 = 8.82, P = 0.044). There was no statistically significant association between body image perception and dietary intake of fat and sugar. Conclusions There is great disparity in the perception of respondents body image compared to the WHO classification and married women and men are more particular about how they look. Dietary components studied do not have any association with body image. Funding Sources None.


2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (Supplement_4) ◽  
Author(s):  
E Pehlivan ◽  
E Yalcin ◽  
B Firinci

Abstract Background Students need quality sleep and regular feeding during an intensive training proces. The aim of this study was to determine the sleep quality of Faculty of Medicine students and whether there is a relationship between sleep quality and eating attitudes and habits. Methods In this cross-sectional study; a face-to-face questionnaire was administered to 352 students who attending Inonu University Medical Faculty between January and March of 2019. The sample group is stratified according to class sizes (total 1665 students. The sleep quality and eating behaviors of students were questioned. For purpose, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PUKI, developed by Buysse et al,1989), and Eating Attitude Test (EAT,developed by Garner et al 1982) was used to assess quality and disorders. Kolmogorov Smirnov normal distribution test, Mann Whitney U and Kruskal Wallis test were used in analysis of the data. Results The mean age of the students was 21.5 ± 2.5 and 54.3% were female and 45.7% were male and 25.0% smoked cigarette. 64.4% of the study group had normal body mass index. The median value of the PUKI (cut of point is 5.0 and under 5 is good) score by gender is similar with 6.0 (1.0-15.0). The median value of the PUKI score was 6.0 (1.0-16.0) in social media / internet users and 5.0 (1.0-13.0) in non-users. According to Internet / social media users before going to sleep, the difference is significant (p: 0.016). The difference between cigarette smoking and median value of PUKI was significant (p: 0.029). there was a difference between classes in favor of upper classes in terms of EAT values (p = 0,046). 12.2% of the students are at risk of Blumia and 10.8% are at risk of Anorexia. There was no significant but positive correlation between the PUKI and EAT (p = 0.074, r = 0.096). Conclusions In general, the students’ sleep quality and eating attitudes and habits were found close to the cut-off points accepted by the tests. But blumia and anorexia is significant. This study was supported by the Research Fund of the Inonu University (No. 1792) Key messages Social media / internet usage of students before going to sleep affects sleep quality significantly. Although 64.4% of the students have normal body mass index, eating disorders (bulumia and anorexia) risk are noteable.


2019 ◽  
Vol 43 (4) ◽  
pp. 47-53
Author(s):  
S.D. Khimich ◽  
O. M. Chemerys

Abstract Introduction. It’s known that the issue of polytrauma is one of the most urgent problems of surgery, and among injured patients a special approach is required for patients with overweight and obesity of varying degrees. Purpose of the study. To study prognostic features of traumatic disease course and to improve the results of diagnostics and surgical treatment of patients with polytrauma suffer obesity. Materials and methods. Clinical material was made up of 106 patients with combined body trauma, which were divided into three groups according to body mass index. Results. The results of the research showed a significant difference in the course of traumatic disease in patients with normal body weight and obesity. In particular, in the process of diagnostics of blunt chest and abdominal trauma the frequency of application of interventional methods of diagnostics was directly proportional to the increase of body mass index. The course of traumatic disease in the obese patients had a number of characteristic features that formed the basis for the development of diagnostics and differential program of treatment. Conclusions. The results of the research showed that the course of traumatic disease in combined injury obese patients is directly proportional to the body mass index and has certain features that differentiate them from patients with normal body weight. Keywords: polytrauma, obesity, traumatic disease, diagnostics, treatment.


2019 ◽  
Vol 89 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 176-184
Author(s):  
Małgorzata Kwiecień ◽  
Wioletta Samolińska ◽  
Sławomir Puczkowski ◽  
Magdalena Waśko ◽  
T. Blicharski

Abstract. The authors of this paper decided to check whether the content of selected minerals in human hair is projected into the nutritional status of the body expressed as the BMI. The study focused on evaluating the content of calcium, sodium, potassium and magnesium in the hair of 7845 individuals in relation to their BMI. 5126 women and 2719 men aged from 18 to 92, domiciled throughout Poland, were involved in the study. Hair samples were taken from several points of the occipital scalp. Ca, Na, K and Mg in the hair were determined using inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES). The content of Ca and Na in the hair of obese people (>30.0 kg·m2) was higher (323 mg·kg−1 and 180 mg·kg−1) in comparison with the groups of people with normal body weight and those grade 2 underweight (<16.9 kg·m2): 191 mg·kg−1 and 103 mg·kg−1 respectively. The highest level of K (317 mg·kg−1) was found in the hair of people classed as grade 2 underweight. The body mass index caused no differentiation in the content of Mg in hair. Positive correlations were found between Ca-Na, Ca-Mg and Na-Mg and between the BMI of the subjects and the content of Ca in hair (R = 0.163; p < 0.01) and between the BMI and the content of Na (R = 0.191; p < 0.01). On the other hand, a negative relation between K and the BMI was correlated only to an infinitesimal degree (R = −0.030, p < 0.01). The results point to a relationship between the body mass index and the content of Ca, Na and K in the hair of adults.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu.V. Shvechikhina ◽  
K.S. Ishchenko ◽  
L.M. Kavelenova

The article is devoted to the study of body mass index (BMI) indicators of biology students at Samara University in 20008-2020. For girls, against the background of fluctuations over the years, from 2015-2016 to 2020. there is a consistent decrease in the proportion of people with underweight, an increase in the proportion of people with normal weight. For young men, changes in the BMI structure are of a more pronounced oscillatory character. The negative features of the 2019 and 2020 contingent are the emergence of overweight and obese people. Key words: students, physical health, body weight, Samara region, body mass index.


Author(s):  
Veerabhadrappa G Mendagudli ◽  
Shivaleela S Sarawad

Obesity has almost tripled globally since 1975. More than 1.9 billion people aged 18 and up were overweight in 2016. Over 650 million of them were obese. In 2016, 39% of adults aged 18 and up were overweight, with 13% being obese. Overweight and obesity kill more people than underweight in the majority of the world's population. In the year 2019, 38 million children under the age of 5 were overweight or obese. In 2016, over 340 million children and adolescents aged 5 to 19 years old were overweight or obese. Obesity can be avoided. Currently, India has over 135 million obese people. Until recently, the body mass index (BMI) was used to measure obesity. By 2020, there will be 158 million obese children around the world, rising to 206 million by 2025 and 254 million by 2030. In reality, India will have the most obese children after China, with 27,481,141 or 27 million, well ahead of the United States' 17 million.


Author(s):  
Dwi Wahyuning Tyas

Preeclampsia is a disease that can arise during pregnancy, labor, childbirth, has clinical symptoms such as high blood pressure (hypertension), and found protein in urine (proteinuria, data in Polindes Pragaan Daya Village, District Pragaan-Sumenep Year 2016 from 36 pregnant women there is 6 people (16.6%) detected preeclampsia. The cause of preeeklamsi is still not known with certainty but there are closely related risk factors such as obesity, women who have a body mass index of 25-27 usually have a risk of three times hypertension including preeclampsia (2). The purpose of this study is to know the description of body mass index (BMI) in pregnant women who have preeclampsia. The descriptive research used cross sectional approach, the population used by pregnant women detected by preeclampsion in Polindes of Pragaan Daya village of Sumenep district in March to May 21 were 21 respondents using population total sampling technique, the data obtained were analyzed using frequency distribution table. Based on the results of research obtained data Nearly half of respondents have a body mass index (BMI) fat (> 25-30) that is as many as 8 respondents (38.1%). The body works harder in pumping blood, the body needs to burn excess calories, burning calories requires an adequate supply of oxygen in the blood, more calories being burned, the more oxygen supply in the blood, the higher blood supply makes the heart work harder, and the impact of blood pressure on obese people is higher (Widharto, 2007). Early detection of pregnant women through blood pressure examination, IMT measurements, and signs of preeclampsia symptoms, making midwives' basis for rapid and appropriate decisionmaking, cross-program, cross-sectoral, family and community support are expected to decrease the incidence of preeclampsia in pregnant women .Keynote: Body Mass Index (IMT), Preeclampsia


2002 ◽  
Vol 91 (2) ◽  
pp. 627-640 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine V. Glenn ◽  
Peter Chow

A new scale for examining attitudes toward obese people had 44 items selected from previously published scales designed to indicate attitudes toward obese people. Reliability analysis yielded a Cronbach coefficient alpha of .92 for the total sample. A factor analysis yielded four factors. Employing the Body Mass Index as an indicator of obesity, the attitudes of 239 men and women were examined. Women were significantly more positive than men in their attitude toward obese people. When examining Body Mass Index as a factor, comparisons of obese and nonobese women indicated obese women were more positive on the Diet and Exercise factor of the scale. Suggestions for improvement and research are offered.


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