ArticleOpen access Macedonian journal of medical sciences2015
Neck Circumference as a Predictor of Adiposity among Healthy and Obese Children.
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- Neck Circumference and Its Relation with Body Fat Percentage in Children 5-10 Years Old.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Primary Validation of the Submandibular Skinfold as an Anthropometric Measurement of Cardiometabolic Risk in People with Intellectual Disabilities.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
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- Neck circumference as an indicator of elevated central adiposity in children.Public health nutrition · 2019Article
- Evaluation of neck circumference as an easy and reliable predictor for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.The Turkish journal of gastroenterology : the official journal of Turkish Society of Gastroenterology · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundObesity, particularly in the upper part of body, is a major health problem. Because body mass index (BMI) does not adequately describe regional adiposity, other indices of body fatness are being explored.
objectivesTo determine if neck circumference is a valid measure of adiposity (fat distribution) among group of Egyptian children. SUBJECTS AND
methodsThis is a cross sectional study, included 50 obese subjects, aged 7 - 12 years recruited from Endocrine, obesity and Metabolism Pediatric Unit at Children Hospital, Cairo University and 50 healthy children, age and sex matched. All children were subjected to blood pressure assessment (systolic SBP and diastolic DBP), and anthropometric assessment (body weight, height, neck circumference (NC), waist (WC) and hip (HC) circumferences, and skin fold thicknesses at three sites: biceps, triceps and sub scapular. BMI [weight (kg)/height (m2)] was calculated.
resultsIn healthy females, significant associations were detected between NC and SBP, DBP and all anthropometric measurements. However, in healthy males NC was not significantly associated with BMI, SBP and DBP. In the obese group; both sexes; insignificant association was found between NC and SBP, DBP, BMI and skinfold thickness.
conclusionNC is related to fat distribution among normal healthy female children. However, this relation disappears with increasing adiposity. The results do not support the use of NC as a useful screening tool for childhood obesity.
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