Age-related Variations in Anthropometry, Body Composition and Nutritional Status among the Adult Kheria Sabar Males of Purulia, West Bengal, India

Q3 Arts and Humanities

Collegium Antropologicum Pub Date : 2020-07-02 DOI:10.5671/CA.44.2.2

Kaustav Das, S. Bagchi, Somosree Pal, S. Ganguli, K. Mukherjee

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Abstract

A cross sectional study was conducted to assess the nutritional status amongst the adult Kheria Sabar males of Purulia, West Bengal. Undernutrition and ageing may have a significant effect on body composition the former is predicted by simple anthropometric measurements. 304 apparently healthy adult males aged 18-60 years were selected at random from fifteen villages of West Bengal. Subjects were categorised into four age groups and standard anthropometric measurements were used like height (HT), weight (WT), mid-upper-arm circumference (MUAC) and various skinfolds. Derived variables of body mass index (BMI), per cent body fat (PBF), fat mass (FM), fat-free mass (FFM), fat mass index (FMI) and fat-free mass index (FFMI) were also calculated. Majority of the variables were found to be inversely correlated with age. Positive (HT, WT, MUAC, BMI, FFM and FFMI) and negative (FM and FMI) significant differences were observed across different age groups. It was also observed that the frequency of undernutrition (62.6%) was highest among the elderly people with 47.6% overall prevalence. This study clearly indicates that among the undernourished individuals older people are more vulnerable to malnutrition and thus immediate nutritional intervention among the older people is required.

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印度西孟加拉邦普鲁里亚成年Kheria Sabar男性的人体测量、身体组成和营养状况的年龄相关变化

本研究对西孟加拉邦普鲁里亚的Kheria Sabar成年雄鱼的营养状况进行了评估。营养不良和衰老可能对身体成分有重大影响，前者可以通过简单的人体测量来预测。从西孟加拉邦的15个村庄随机抽取了304名年龄在18-60岁之间明显健康的成年男子。受试者被分为四个年龄组，使用标准的人体测量方法，如身高(HT)、体重(WT)、上臂中围(MUAC)和各种皮肤褶皱。计算体质量指数(BMI)、体脂百分比(PBF)、脂肪质量(FM)、无脂质量(FFM)、脂肪质量指数(FMI)和无脂质量指数(FFMI)的衍生变量。大多数变量被发现与年龄呈负相关。阳性(HT、WT、MUAC、BMI、FFM和FFMI)和阴性(FM和FMI)在不同年龄组之间存在显著差异。此外，老年人营养不良发生率最高(62.6%)，总患病率为47.6%。这项研究清楚地表明，在营养不良的人群中，老年人更容易发生营养不良，因此需要立即对老年人进行营养干预。

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Collegium Antropologicum Social Sciences-Anthropology

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期刊介绍： International journal Collegium Antropologicum is the official journal of the Croatian Antropological Society and is jointly published by: Croatian Anthropological Society Croatian Association of Medical Anthropology - Croatian Medical Association Department of Natural Sciences, Anthropological Centre and the Scientific Council for Anthropological Research of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts. With the numerous international recognition of co-operative experts, the Journal represents a relevant reference source in the fields of cultural and biological anthropology, sociology, ethnology, psychology, demography, history, archaeology, genetics, biomedicine, human ecology, nutrition and other fields related to multidisciplinary character of anthropology.