Body Mass Index and Chronic Energy Deficiency among Adults of Tharu Population, Uttarakhand, India

Mukherjee, Koel; Alam, Abrar; Rawat, Bimal

doi:10.7439/ijbr.v6i7.2218

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“…The prevalence of CED in this study was higher than from study performed in Uganda (22.3%) [ 32 ], India (19.5%) [ 33 ], Botswana (19.5%) [ 14 ], and Tharu population, India (26.2%) [ 34 ], Malaysia 8.5% [ 35 ], and Colombia (2.8%) [ 36 ]. However, it was lower than the study report from west India (40.1%) [ 37 ].…”

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Chronic Energy Deficiency and Its Determinant Factors among Adults Aged 18–59 Years in Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study

Dagne

Menber

Wassihun

et al. 2021

Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism

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Background. The prevalence of undernutrition in low- and middle-income countries is still remarkably high. Undernutrition during adulthood is a greater risk factor for low productivity, poor health, and mortality. There is limited information on the prevalence and determinants of chronic energy deficiency in Ethiopia. Objective. To assess the prevalence and determinants of chronic energy deficiency among adults aged 18–59 years in Ethiopia. Method. A secondary data analysis was conducted using the data obtained from the 2016 Ethiopia Demographic and Health Survey. Data were collected using a multistage stratified cluster sampling technique, and the analytic sample consisted of 9,280 adults aged 18–59 years. The chi-square test and multivariable logistic regression analyses were used, and p value <0.05 was taken as statistically significant. Result. A total of 9280 adults aged 18–59 years were included in the study and 2911 (28.7%) (95% CI: 27.0%–30.4%) of whom were chronic energy deficient. Adults who have no work (AOR = 1.41, 95% CI: 1.16, 1.72), male adults from Tigray region (AOR = 2.23, 95% CI: 1.61, 3.09), Afar region (AOR = 2.98, 95% CI: 2.04, 4.36), Somali region (AOR = 3.14, 95% CI: 2.19, 4.52), Gambella region (AOR = 1.89, 95% CI: 1.29, 2.76), Harari region (AOR = 1.54, 95% CI: 1.09, 2.19), Amhara region (AOR = 1.53, 95% CI: 1.09, 2.13), Oromia region (AOR = 1.53, 95% CI: 1.07, 2.19), Dire Dawa (AOR = 1.45, 95% CI: 1.03, 2.05), adults live lonely (AOR = 1.44, 95% CI: 1.21, 1.71), and adults residing in poor wealth index households (AOR = 1.26 : 95% CI: 1.07, 1.49) were significantly associated with chronic energy deficiency. Conclusion and recommendation. Chronic energy deficiency among male adults in Ethiopia was a high public health problem. Marital status, wealth index, occupation, and region were significant predictors of chronic energy deficiency. The Ministry of Health with other partners should strictly monitor and evaluate interventions that are being applied and should give focus to adult men to prevent malnutrition.

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Chronic Energy Deficiency and Its Determinant Factors among Adults Aged 18–59 Years in Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study

Dagne

Menber

Wassihun

et al. 2021

Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism

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“…A similar result was found in the work of Pant (Pant, 2016), where 43.5% of women were thin in a survey conducted in the rural areas of Uttarakhand. Another study conducted among the Tharu community of Uttarakhand revealed an opposite trend: Males were thinner than females (male 26.4% and female 18%) (Mukherjee et al, 2015). When comparing the findings of the present study with the earlier work done in the same community by Ravi et al (Ravi et al, 2019), the prevalence of thinness (BMI) was lower for both males (26.8% vs. 32%) and females (33.1% vs. 35%).…”

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Assessment of thinness based on BMI and MUAC among the adult Jaunsari

Mukherjee

Venugopal

Das³

2023

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Background: Researchers worldwide have tried to develop alternative measures to assess the nutritional status, especially among adults in developing countries. Body mass index (BMI) is a commonly used technique but sometimes difficult to obtain in large-scale surveys. Mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) has been used as an alternative, but data are limited, especially in the Indian context. Objectives: The objective of the present study was to evaluate the BMI and MUAC of the Jaunsari tribal community of Uttarakhand and to assess whether MUAC is an acceptable proxy for BMI. Sample and Methods: A total of 303 (male 134, female 169) healthy adult Jaunsari individuals aged 18-60 years from Lakhamandal village of Dehradun district of Uttarakhand, India have been selected. Anthropometric measurements of height (cm), weight (kg), and MUAC (cm) were taken following the standard protocol. Globally accepted cut-off values for thinness were used (BMI<18.5kg/m2 and MUAC<24.0cm). Descriptive statistics, Student’s t-test and Chi-square test were performed. The statistically significant level was set at p<0.05. Results: The Jaunsari people of Lakhamandal village of Dehradun district are very thin when following the categories developed by WHO (30.4%). Females are on average thinner than males when assessed by BMI and MUAC. Overweight was found in 12.2% of the village’s people. Individuals are two times more likely to be considered thin when classified by MUAC, than if classified by BMI. Conclusions: Healthy Jaunsari people are on average very thin, but there is already some evidence of overnutrition in a few cases. Thinness when assessed by MUAC is twice as prevalent, than if assessed by BMI.

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“…In India, where the prevalence of malnutrition is considerably high (Shekar et al 2017), many studies have been carried out to evaluate the nutritional status by using different anthropometric variables and most common of them is Body Mass Index (BMI) in relation to age, sex, occupation and socio-economic condition in different parts of India especially among the tribal groups (Bose et al 2006;Mukherjee et al 2015;Kshatriya and Acharya 2016;Sahani et al 2018;Das et al 2020). Researchers claim that the study of human health based on BMI is not always sufficient enough to generate a holistic insight of nutritional status as it is not regarded as an adequate alternative for somatotype (Genovese 2009).…”

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The association between somatotype and nutritional status: a cross-sectional study among the adult Sabar males of Purulia, West Bengal, India

Das¹,

Mukherjee

Ganguli

et al. 2021

Int. j. anthropol. ethnol.

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Somatotype is the parameter used to determine the body composition, which is influenced by several factors and nutrition is the crucial one. This study aimed to determine somatotype and nutritional status as well as investigate the somatotype variations in relation to the age and nutritional status among the adult males of Sabar community living in Purulia district of West Bengal, India. The present cross-sectional study included 334 Sabar males aged between 18 to 60 years. Anthropometric measurements including height, weight, 2 breadths, 2 circumferences and 4 skinfolds were taken following standard protocol. Somatotype was determined following the Heath-Carter method and Body Mass Index (BMI) was used to access the level of nutrition. Descriptive statistics, Kruskal-Wallis H test, Pearson correlation, Spearman correlation and Chi-square test were performed to find out variation, correlation and association of the somatype components with age and nutritional categories. Prior ethical clearance had been obtained. As a result, the trend of undernutrition was gradually increasing with age and found highest among aged people (50–60 years) with an overall prevalence of 49.7%. Eleven different somatotype subgroups were identified. The mean somatotype of the participants was 2.3–3.6-3.9 which indicates mesomorph-ectomorph body type. Kruskal-Wallis H test revealed significant differences among somatotype components in different nutritional categories. Undernutrition was found highest among the mesomorphic ectomorph (62.7%) type. Chi-square test stated significant association between somatotype categories and nutritional statuses (Chi-square = 283.160, p < 0.01). This is the first reporting on the somatotype study among the Sabar community, where the dominant body type was found mesomorph-ectomorph. A highly significant correlation was found between somatotype and BMI. At the same time, this study expressed the need for immediate nutritional intervention.

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Body Mass Index and Chronic Energy Deficiency among Adults of Tharu Population, Uttarakhand, India

Cited by 6 publications

References 13 publications

Chronic Energy Deficiency and Its Determinant Factors among Adults Aged 18–59 Years in Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study

Chronic Energy Deficiency and Its Determinant Factors among Adults Aged 18–59 Years in Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study

Assessment of thinness based on BMI and MUAC among the adult Jaunsari

The association between somatotype and nutritional status: a cross-sectional study among the adult Sabar males of Purulia, West Bengal, India

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