Waist Circumference, Waist-Hip Ratio and Body Mass Index in Assessing Nutritional Status and Central Obesity of Adolescent

WHR is used as a measurement of obesity, which in turn is a possible indicator of other more serious health conditions.The WHO states that abdominal obesity is defined as a waist-hip ratio above 0.90 for males and above 0.85 for females, or a body mass index (BMI) above 30.0. Area of study and Sample size:Subjects are adolescent girls aged 10-19 years.They belong to Salboni Block which is one of blocks of Paschim Medinipur, Westbengal, Participants of socioeconomic data are collected through structured questionnaire, anthropometric data are collected through different instruments, cross section study is done over 1009 girls.Result: Table 1 represents body mass index and waist hip ratio distribution, Table 2 & 3 found significant relation with percent body fat and BMI, waist-hip ratio, waist height ratio.Conclusion: Central obesity had significant effect on chronic heart diseases.Those girls have shown centrally obese in his study; they have chances to experience heart disease in future.