A Descriptive Study to Assess Relationship between Body Fat Percentage and Obesity at a Tertiary Level Health Facility

• Main Authors: Sanjay T V (Author), Nandini R C (Author), Thejaswini P (Author), Ramu P (Author), Sowbhayga K (Author), Saranya K (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Indian Association of Preventive and Social Medicine, 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction: The prevalence of obesity is increasing in Indian adults at alarming rate and causing high burden of chronic diseases due to relatively high Body Fat Percentage (BFP) compared to other ethnic groups. There is a dearth of studies on assessment of obesity by using BFP measurement. This s...