COMPARING THE USE OF BODY M IN DETERMINING THE PREVALE PRIMARY SCHOOL PUP *,1 Asiegbu, U. V., 2 Asiegbu, 1 Department of Paedi 2 Department of Obstetrics and 3 Department of Paediatrics U ARTICLE INFO ABST Backg tools fo overwe Object overwe East N Metho four pr twenty Standa values Health for tric The pr 6.2%, 3 Conclu directly obtaine with m preferr Copyright©2017, Asiegbu et al. This is an open acce distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided INTRODUCTION Underweight, overweight and obesity a malnutrition. (Monyeki et al., 2015) Unde major cause of underweight and remains a developing countries. It contributes to more t child death. (Monyeki et al., 2015) While made to reduce hunger, these efforts neglec of overweight and obesity. Health systems countries are simultaneously confronting nutrition at national levels, within comm households. (Rachmi et al., 2016) Both under *Corresponding author: Asiegbu, U. V. Department of Paediatrics, Federal Teaching Hospital, A ISSN: 0975-833X Citation: Asiegbu, U. V., Asiegbu, O. G., Ezeanosi triceps skin fold thickness (SFT) in determining the p of Ebonyi state, South East Nigeria”, International Jo A Article History: Received 18 th May, 2017 Received in revised form 10 th June, 2017 Accepted 12 th July, 2017 Published online 31 st August, 2017 Key words: BMI, SFT, Obesity, Overweight and Underweight RESEARCH ARTICLE MASS INDEX (BMI) AND TRICEPS SKIN F ENCE OF UNDERWEIGHT, OVERWEIGHT PILS IN ABAKALIKI METROPOLIS OF EB SOUTH EAST NIGERIA O. G., 1 Ezeanosike, O. B., 3 Ikefuna, A. N. a iatrics, Federal Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki, Eb d Gynaecology, Federal Teaching Hospital, Aba University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Ituku-O TRACT ground: Body mass index (BMI) and triceps skinfold thickn or underweight, a major health problem in developing count eight. tives: To compare the use of BMI and SFT in determin eight and obesity among primary school pupils in Abakalik Nigeria. od: Eight hundred and four pupils (415 males, 389 females), rivate primary schools were selected by a multi stage ra y-six (53.0%) subjects were in public schools while 37 ard methods were used to determine the weight, height and t were calculated for each participant and compared with h Organisation (WHO 2007) reference standard and SFT val ceps SFT in US children and adolescents for age and sex. revalence of underweight, overweight and obesity among ou 3% while using SFT, it was 29.2%, 1.6% and 0.9% respectiv usion: The prevalence of underweight, overweight and ob y related. When subjected to Kappa analysis, it showed only ed using BMI were not similar to that obtained using SFT. minimal inter- and intra- observer errors. It is internationally red to SFT. ess article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution L the original work is properly cited. are all forms of er nutrition is a problem in many than one half of all efforts are being ct the growing rate in the developing g under-and-over munities and even r nutrition and Abakaliki, Ebonyi State over nutrition are linked to conditions. Underweight childr health, childhood growth prob development (Tzioumis and overweight children are faced stroke, hypertension, cardiovas mellitus and some cancers in l 2014; Caulfield et al., 2004) U can be assessed by anthropome et al., 2014) This includes mea mid-upper-arm circumference, various height and weight base height for age, weight for heig (Benjamin et al., 2014; Gortma widely recommended surrogat International Journal of Current Research Vol. 9, Issue, 08, pp.55791-55795, August, 2017 ike, O. B., Ikefuna, A. N. and Onyire, B. N. 2017. “Comparing th prevalence of underweight, overweight and obesity among primary ournal of Current Research, 9, (08), 55791-55795. Available online at http://www.journalcra.com FOLD THICKNESS (SFT) T AND OBESITY AMONG BONYI STATE, and 3 Onyire, B. N. bonyi State akaliki, Ebonyi State Ozalla, Enugu State ness thickness (SFT) are assessment tries as well as emerging obesity and ning the prevalence of underweight, ki metropolis of Ebonyi State, South , aged 6-12 years, in four public and andom sampling. Four hundred and 78 (47%) were in private schools. triceps SFT of the participants. BMI BMI for age and sex from World lues compared with reference curves ur cohorts using BMI were 5.6% and vely. besity using BMI and SFT were not y fair agreement (K= 0.23) as values BMI is more sensitive and specific, y more accepted standard, therefore License, which permits unrestricted use, o a range of adverse health ren are susceptible to poor infant blems and compromised mental Adair, 2014) while obese and d with such chronic diseases as scular diseases, type 2 diabetes later life. (Nouri Saeidlou et al., Underweight, overweight, obesity etry. (Caulfield et al., 2004; Stein asurement of skinfold thickness, height and weight and deriving ed indices such as weight for age, ght and body mass index (BMI). aker et al., 2011) BMI is the most te measure of adiposity among INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CURRENT RESEARCH he use of body mass index (BMI) and school pupils in Abakaliki metropolis