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NITTA Yumiko
Department Hiroshima shudo University The Faculty of Health Sciences Position Professor |
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| Language | English |
| Publication Date | 2017/12 |
| Type | Articles |
| Peer Review | With peer review |
| Title | Age-dependednt contribution of neck circumference to indices of obesity among female college students aged 18 to 20 years. |
| Contribution Type | Co-Authored Publication |
| Journal | Hiroshima Journal of Medical Science |
| Journal Type | Another Country |
| Publisher | Hiroshima University Medical Press |
| Volume, Issue, Pages | 66(4),pp.109-115 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Responsible for | all the procedure |
| Author and coauthor | ◎Nitta Y., Miki Y., Aoi S., Ikeda H., Iida T., Chikamura C., Tamura N., Nitta K., Miyaguchi H., Harada T., Ishizaki F. |
| Details | The measurement of neck circumference (NC) is an easy method for assessment of obesity.
We measured NC in college students and assessed the contribution of NC to the four obesity indices, weight, BMI, body fat and WC. Our study showed that it was hard to assess the distribution of fat in the body by NC alone in college students. Nevertheless the measurement of NC is an easy, inexpensive and reproducible method for assessment of obesity, and a possible predictor to identify the risk for future metabolic diseases in Japanese college students with the four obesity indices, weight, BMI, body fat and WC. |