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ROLE OF BODY FAT PERCENT IN ASSESSING HEALTH: A PRELIMINARY REPORT
Salam Jasim Mohammed* and Jawad K. Al-Diwan
ABSTRACT
Excess body fat is very important risk factor for many chronic diseases and has adverse effects on health. For measuring overweight and obesity, body mass index(BMI) is the most common method used but it does not differentiate between fat mass(FM) and lean mass. The aim of study was to demonstrate the importance of body fat percent(BF%) in assessing nutritional status of subjects. A total of 200 subjects attending nutrition clinic at Al-Sader medical city at Al-Najaf governorate during the period from 1st of April till end of June was included in this study. The sample collected using a systematic sampling technique. The results show positive relationship between BF% and BMI and 66% of the variability of BMI attributed to BF% in addition to that there is significant effect for age and sex on BF%. This study is a step to demonstrate the role of BF% in assessing nutritional status of subjects.
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