ROLE OF ANTHROPOMETRIC INDICES IN ASSESSMENT OF OBESITY AND THEIR IMPORTANCE IN DETECTING CARDIAC ABNORMALITIES

Abstract

To give the anthropometric indices of a people who undergoes obesity, these anthropometric indices include head circumference, neck circumference, waist circumference. With these parameters and measurements, we can find the correlational analysis and statistics of those peoples. Those who undergo obesity will face some physical struggles in their regular tasks. Due to these obese indices, many cardiac abnormalities may occur. Early detection will help from these cardiac issues and reduce long term damage. The suggested approach will used to construct a stability analysis based anthropometric indices. These measurements can also be used to determine body composition in adults to help determine underlying nutritional status and diagnose obesity. The core elements of anthropometry are height, weight, head circumference, body mass index (BMI), body circumferences to assess for adiposity (waist, hip, and limbs), and skinfold thickness. Obesity is associated with hypertension and diabetes mellitus (DM), increasing cardiovascular disease risk and mortality. While body mass index (BMI) is widely used to measure obesity, it has several limitations. Therefore, alternative anthropometric indices such as Head circumference (HC), Neck circumference (NC), Waist circumference (WC) have been suggested