International Journal of Engineering, Science and Mathematics
  • Year: 2017
  • Volume: 6
  • Issue: 3

A study on impact of physique on health conditions of human beings in virudhunagar region

  • Author:
  • S. Mathangi Sudarsan1, S. Geethanjali Santhanam2
  • Total Page Count: 9
  • Page Number: 189 to 197

1Assistant Professor, Department of Home Science, V.V. Vanniaperumal College for Women, Virudhunagar

2Assistant Professor, Department of Home Science, Mother Teresa Women's University, Kodaikanal, T.N.

Online published on 19 April, 2019.

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