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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2011.12.9.4046

Assessment of Obesity Indices in Consideration of Gender and Age  

Min, Gyung-Hun (Department of Emergency Medical Technology, Woosong University)
Lee, Tae-Yong (Dept. of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, School of Medicine, Chungnam National University)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.12, no.9, 2011 , pp. 4046-4053 More about this Journal
Abstract
In order to increase the accuracy and efficiency in measuring obesity conducted outside the hospitals, we examined not only the Body Mass Index and cutoff values of waist circumference of 3,281 adults but also considered their gender, age and various body characteristics. This study included 1,505 males (45.9%) and 1,776 females (54.1%) who visited the comprehensive health checkup center. The average body fat content of male participants was 22.2%, and their Body Mass Index was 24.4kg/$m^2$. The average Body Mass Index of female participants was 22.9kg/$m^2$. The average of waist circumference of male subjects was 86.2cm while that of female subjects was 76.9cm. The conventional method to measure obesity using BMI and WC only does not reflect the actual body fat which may change according to one's gender and age. Therefore, for those who visit individual's place to measure obesity outside the hospitals only based on BMI and WC, we need a new standard to measure obesity more accurately.
Keywords
Obesity; Obesity index; BMI; Waist circumference; Body fat content;
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