Factors Associated With BMI Of Tribal Women From Slums Of India

Published in February 2017, Indian National Family Health Survey analysis determines the factors associated with Indian women’s body mass index (BMI) in slum environments, with special attention paid to women with tribal status. Defining population nutritional status epidemiologically is innately problematic. But body mass index (BMI) is a useful first step and is commonly collected in many government-sponsored national health surveys. The threshold of obesity has been internationally accepted as a BMI of ≥30 kg/m 2 .

While body adiposity index (BAI) and waist circumference are arguably better indices of actual adiposity, BMI is still the most commonly used easily applied indices. Indeed, with a large population, BMI is both a noninvasive and time efficient measure. The current article discusses an analysis published by Indian authors on the data from the 2005-06 Indian National Family…