~ 614 ~ International Journal of Physical Education, Sports and Health 2016; 3(3): 614-617 P-ISSN: 2394-1685 E-ISSN: 2394-1693 Impact Factor (ISRA): 4.69 IJPESH 2016; 3(3): 614-617 © 2016 IJPESH www.kheljournal.com Received: 27-03-2016 Accepted: 28-04-2016 Nariti Roy Ph.D Scholar (Physical Education), Shri Jagdish Prasad Jhabarmal Tibrewala University Vidyanagari, Churela Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan India. Dr. Rajkumar Sharma Selection Grade Coach (Gymnastics), Sport Authority of India, STC/NSTC Malhar Ashram, Rambaug, Tilak Path Road, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India. Correspondence Nariti Roy Ph.D Scholar (Physical Education), Shri Jagdish Prasad Jhabarmal Tibrewala University Vidyanagari, Churela Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan India. Relationship between height, weight, BMI, waist circumference, hip circumferences, waist-to-hip ratio and waist-to-height ratio among male school children Nariti Roy and Dr. Rajkumar Sharma Abstract The purpose of the present study was to establish the relationship between height, weight, BMI, waist circumference, hip circumferences, waist-to-hip ratio and waist-to-height ratio among school children. A total of one hundred male children belonging to middle and high schools in northern tribal region of West Bengal in age of thirteen years were randomly selected for the present investigation. Mean, SD and Pearson Moment Correlation coefficient were computed to analyse the collected data. BMI was calculated as the ratio of body weight to the square of height (kg/m2), WHR was calculated as the ratio of waist to hip circumference and WHtR as the ratio of waist circumference to height. The results of the study revealed the normal values in all the anthropometric measures among male school children in age of 13 years. The obesity symptom was not observed them in age of 13 years male school children. Significant correlations were also observed between anthropometric indices among them. Keywords: Male, Children, Tribal Region, Adolescence, Anthropometric indices 1. Introduction Anthropometric indices includes waist circumference, hip circumference, waist-to-hip ratio and waist-to-height ratio. waist circumference is a eminently sensitive and precise measure of upper body fat in young adolescents. it is also valuable to identify the overweight and obese adolescents at risk of developing metabolic complications and additionally denotes the risk factors of cardiovascular disease in children and adolescents, The waist circumference and waist-to-height ratio are the better predictors than BMI (McCarthy and, Ashwell M, 2006) [13] . Numerous investigations have informed that body composition varies with race/ethnicity (Deurenberg, Deurenberg-Yap, Wang, Lin & Schmidt, 1999; Gurrici et al., 1998; Kupper et al., 1998) [5, 7, 11] , age (Baumgartner, 2005; Heyward & Wagner, 2004; Shephard, 2005) [1, 8, 15] , gender (Wells, 2007 and Malina, 2005) [15, 1] and disease state (Chen, 2005; Janssen and Roubenoff, 2005; Kotler and Engelson, 2005) [3, 9, 10] . It is also confessed that few anthropometric measures are well correlated with body composition, commonly body fat percentage. These measures include certain length, breadth, and depth measures, abdominal and limb circumferences, and some skin-fold thickness measures (Bellisari and Roche, 2005) [2] . BMI cannot differentiate the lean mass and fat in body composition and an increasing number of studies are reporting that the correlation between BMI and body fat percentage is different among different populations (Deurenberg, Deurenberg-Yap and Guricci, 2002; Deurenberg, Van Staveren and Yap, 1998) [6, 4] . Moreover, assessment of body composition is a better approach in the evaluation of nutritional and health status. Few anthropometric indices such as waist circumference (WC), waist-to-hieght ratio (WHtR), and waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) are also suggested as better indicators of obesity compared with BMI. The purpose of the present study was to establish the relationship between height, weight, BMI, waist circumference, hip circumferences, waist-to-hip ratio and waist-to-height ratio among school children.