Intraindividual double-burden of anthropometric undernutrition and "metabolic obesity" in Indian children: a paradox that needs action.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Intra-individual coexistence of anthropometrically defined undernutrition and 'metabolic obesity', characterised by presence of at least one abnormal cardiometabolic risk factor, is rarely investigated in young children and adolescents, particularly in Low-and-Middle-Income-Countries undergoing rapid nutrition transition.

Methods

Prevalence of biomarkers of metabolic obesity was related to anthropometric and socio-demographic characteristics in 5-19 years old participants from the population-based Comprehensive National Nutrition Survey in India (2016-2018). The biomarkers, serum lipid-profile (total cholesterol (TC), low density lipoprotein (LDL), high density lipoprotein (HDL) and triglycerides), fasting glucose, and glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1C), and all join

SUBMITTER: Sachdev HS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7612996 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature