Ajay K. Sood ¹, Umesh Kapil ¹, M. C. Gupta ¹

Affiliations
1 Centre for Community Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences , New Delhi, IN

Abstract

Obesity is a public health problem in the West ; it's prevalence in developing countries is generally believed to be low, but documented information in this regard is scanty.

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Ajay K. Sood ¹, Umesh Kapil ²

Affiliations
1 Centre for Community Medicine, AIIMS, New Delhi, IN
2 Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, IN

Abstract

In many areas of our body the subcutaneous tissues are loosely attached to the underlying structures. These can be easily pulled up between thumb and fore finger into a fold and can be satisfactorily measured by a constant pressure skinfold caliper. Commonly measured skinfolds are triceps and subscapular skinfolds. These have been used in nutritional evaluation, as quantitative criteria of body fatness, and in the analysis of body composition.

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