Open AccessBody mass index and body fat percentage in assessing obesity: An analytical study among the adolescents of Dibrugarh, Assam
Author(s) -
Dimpymoni Saikia,
Sultana Jesmin Ahmed,
Hiranya Saikia,
Ratna Sarma
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
indian journal of public health/indian journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.381
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 2229-7693
pISSN - 0019-557X
DOI - 10.4103/ijph.ijph_24_18
Subject(s) - body mass index , obesity , body volume index , environmental health , medicine , index (typography) , body adiposity index , gerontology , classification of obesity , demography , fat mass , computer science , sociology , world wide web
Body mass index (BMI) is one of the most commonly used indices to measure the weight status of an individual. However, it takes only height and weight of individual into account. The relative body composition can be calculated regardless of height and weight by body fat percentage (BF%).