Comparison of Different Body Mass Index Classification Tools to Identify Underweight and Overweight among Young Girls in Rural Haryana

Comparison of Different Body Mass Index Classification Tools to Identify Underweight and Overweight among Young Girls in Rural Haryana

Malnutrition is prevalent and impactful among young Indian girls aged under 18 years. Systematic errors have been observed in body mass index (BMI) classification among these girls. We assessed anthropometry of 185 young girls (15–17 years) from rural Haryana, and classified BMI using different tool...

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Main Authors: K Srinath, Ravneet Kaur, Mani Kalaivani, Shashi Kant, Puneet Misra, Sanjeev Kumar Gupta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2025-04-01
Series:Indian Journal of Public Health
Subjects:
adolescent girls
extended international obesity task force cutoffs
malnutrition
overweight
reliable tool
underweight
young girls
Online Access:https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/ijph.ijph_356_24
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