INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING, SCIENCE AND - Volume 6, Issue 3, July 2017

Pages: 189-197

Date of Publication: 01-Jul-2017

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A STUDY ON IMPACT OF PHYSIQUE ON HEALTH CONDITIONS OF HUMAN BEINGS IN VIRUDHUNAGAR REGION

Author: S. MATHANGI SUDARSAN S.GEETHANJALI SANTHANAM

Category: Engineering, Science and Mathematics

Abstract:

Health is the primary concern of all living beings. There are many reasons behind the drastic increase in health issues among the humans.  One such reason is not maintaining the physique.Though good physique improves beauty, there is probability of identifying the health condition of a human being by their physique.Changes in life style and marching towards more consumption of fast foods and junk foods made many people to lose their physique which paved the way for obesity and diabetes. Anthropometry is a science of measurements and proportions of Human body with which we can calculate the body mass index and other parameters which forms as the bases to study about their health condition. An attempt is made to collect the parameters related to physique and to study the impact of these parameters with their health condition such as obesity and type 2diabetes.

Keywords: Body mass index, Anthropometry, Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes