Body Mass Index and Lipid Profile of Obese and Non-Obese Women in Shendi Area

Faroug Bakheit Mohamed Ahmed

Department of Biochemistry, Shendi University, Sudan

Dr. Faroug Bakheit Mohamed Ahmed, Department of Biochemistry, Shendi University, Sudan.

Keywords: Anthropometry; Body Mass Index; Cholesterol; Triglyceride; Omega 3

Abstract

This study was carried out at Shendi area, Sudan. The data were collected from 400 women their age rang (18-50) years and grouped into obese and non-obese according to BMI. The study was designed to find out anthropometric measurements (height, weight and mass body index) and fatty biochemical investigations (total cholesterol and triglyceride) among the women. The study based on a questionnaire that contains some queries about age, nutrition type and diseases if they found. The study in some aspects focused on the comparison between the test group (obese women) and the control group (non-obese women) was also it studied the impact of some factors such as nutrition and the disease state on the whole group of the sample.
The study showed that there was a significant difference (P<0.05) for the mean of cholesterol and triglyceride concentration between the two groups where the values were higher in obese women. Also study revealed a clear rise in the level of cholesterol and triglycerides of the two groups with age (P<0.05). The study also represented that the source and nature of food has a clear effect on fatty measurements (P<0.05), where the highest values were for those who relied on meat as a primary source which it explained due to high percentage of cholesterol and saturated fatty acids in red meats, while the lowest values for those whom had intake fish periodically, that may be attributed to presence of omega 3 fatty acids in fish oils.

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