OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to establish the association between anthropometric parameters and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and to determine the most reliable measurement as a parameter in predicting NAFLD. METHODS Two-hundred fifty-three obese children of ages 10 to 18 years were enrolled in this study. Anthropometric data and metabolic parameters such as fasting blood g...

Objective: To study the variations in anthropometric parameters of adult human femora including total length, shaft angle anteversion and neck femur Pakistani origin. Study Design: Descriptive Correlational. Setting: Department Anatomy, Rawalpindi Medical University. Period: April, 2022 to June, 2022. Material & Methods: Eighty undetermined gender age were selected from bone bank Anatomy De...

BACKGROUND From a health promotion perspective, the use of dietary indices is preferred above single nutrients and foods to evaluate diet quality. Longitudinal research about the association between dietary indices and respectively anthropometric parameters and blood lipids is lacking. The aim of this study was to investigate the longitudinal association between three dietary indices (Healthy E...

background: the first three years of life have a pivotal role in growth and development of infants. extra-uterine environment largely affects brain development of infants during the first year of life.however,no specific programs are available for brain development stimulation in foster homes. aim: this study aimed to evaluate the effects of motor development stimulation package on anthropometr...

Any variations in the anthropometric parameters i.e., height, body mass, BMI, BSA, body fat %, WHR, WHtR etc., and basic physiological parameters i.e., haemoglobin content, respiratory rate, pulse rate, blood pressure etc., in female school children of pre-pubertal, pubertal and post-pubertal age groups from Bankura District and from the district of West Midnapore of West Bengal, India were stu...

OBJECTIVE When the dimensional measurements of the students who spend most of their time at school are taken into consideration, inappropriate dimensions of school equipment may affect their body and psychological improvements negatively. Anthropometric measurements are necessary for designing the educational equipment of the children at school. It is emphasized that anthropometric measurements...