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