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Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development
Year : 2019, Volume : 10, Issue : 4
First page : ( 502) Last page : ( 506)
Print ISSN : 0976-0245. Online ISSN : 0976-5506.
Article DOI : 10.5958/0976-5506.2019.00746.0

Body Mass Index During Child Development and It's Association with their Immunity

Altameemi Qasim Dawood Yasir1, Ali Mohanad Kadhim Mohammed2

1Assistant Professor and Consultant Pediatrician in Faculty of Medicine, Wasit University, Iraq

2College of MedicineWasit University, Kut, Alrabee, Iraq

Online published on 6 April, 2019.

Abstract

Body mass index (BMI) is used for the assessment of nutritional status in children. The body mass index needs to be adjusted as children grow in size. Various anthropometric parameters are used to predict fatness such as skin folds, circumferences and weight and height. The body mass index parameters also affect the immunity of individual children. The fat children are shown to have a higher risk of cardiovascular diseases. Several studies have shown that the under nutrition is associated with immune depression and increased risk of infections and higher risk of morbidity due to infection.

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Keywords

Body mass index, obesity, children immunity, anthropometric parameters.

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