Abstract
The prevalence of obesity has immensely increased around
the world in both adults and children. In fact the World HealthOrganization (WHO) estimates that at least 1 billion people are
overweight, and three hundred million of these are obese [1]. The
rising prevalence of obesity merits the need for accurate methods
of assessing adiposity. There are now, however, many measures
of obesity, anthropometrics and otherwise [2]. Evidence from
recent epidemiological studies has yielded the advocacy of WC
(waist circumference) and BMI (Body Mass Index) as easy-to-use,
low-cost, yet reliable measures of obesity [3,4]. As it is clear, BMI
provides a simple numerical scale for body status often applied in
population studies. BMI in medical literature is reported as variable
(dependent or non-dependent) and also used for descriptions and
classification of groups or populations.
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