Estimated fat, bone mineral, total body water and cell solids in females of two communities of Punjab, India

P, Singal; Ls, Sidhu; Dp, Bhatnagar

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“…Overall, the Sabar male participants have exhibited the highest incidence of the mesomorphic ectomorph (34.7%) which means linear as well as muscular body type, since the participants of this study were mostly engaged in daily wage work which demands lots of muscular activities in their day to day survival. This could be the crucial factor behind the occurrence of predominantly mesomorphic component and the findings were in good agreement with earlier studies in this field (Singal and Sidhu 1984;Singal et al 1988;Vyse 1997;Ghosh and Malik 2010;Roy and Kundu Chowdhury 2013).…”

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The association between somatotype and nutritional status: a cross-sectional study among the adult Sabar males of Purulia, West Bengal, India

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Mukherjee

Ganguli

et al. 2021

Int. j. anthropol. ethnol.

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Somatotype is the parameter used to determine the body composition, which is influenced by several factors and nutrition is the crucial one. This study aimed to determine somatotype and nutritional status as well as investigate the somatotype variations in relation to the age and nutritional status among the adult males of Sabar community living in Purulia district of West Bengal, India. The present cross-sectional study included 334 Sabar males aged between 18 to 60 years. Anthropometric measurements including height, weight, 2 breadths, 2 circumferences and 4 skinfolds were taken following standard protocol. Somatotype was determined following the Heath-Carter method and Body Mass Index (BMI) was used to access the level of nutrition. Descriptive statistics, Kruskal-Wallis H test, Pearson correlation, Spearman correlation and Chi-square test were performed to find out variation, correlation and association of the somatype components with age and nutritional categories. Prior ethical clearance had been obtained. As a result, the trend of undernutrition was gradually increasing with age and found highest among aged people (50–60 years) with an overall prevalence of 49.7%. Eleven different somatotype subgroups were identified. The mean somatotype of the participants was 2.3–3.6-3.9 which indicates mesomorph-ectomorph body type. Kruskal-Wallis H test revealed significant differences among somatotype components in different nutritional categories. Undernutrition was found highest among the mesomorphic ectomorph (62.7%) type. Chi-square test stated significant association between somatotype categories and nutritional statuses (Chi-square = 283.160, p < 0.01). This is the first reporting on the somatotype study among the Sabar community, where the dominant body type was found mesomorph-ectomorph. A highly significant correlation was found between somatotype and BMI. At the same time, this study expressed the need for immediate nutritional intervention.

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The association between somatotype and nutritional status: a cross-sectional study among the adult Sabar males of Purulia, West Bengal, India

Das¹,

Mukherjee

Ganguli

et al. 2021

Int. j. anthropol. ethnol.

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“…Canavan's disease mouse suggest that bone mineral density and body fat are possible factors influencing body weight, which supports previous reports. [29][30][31][32][33][34][35] Interestingly, totalbody fat and bone mineral are regulated by various factors, including genetic factors, 29,30,[36][37][38][39][40] suggesting that low levels of bone mineral density and body fat with of body weight in the Canavan's disease mouse are possibly associated with the genetic defect.…”

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Metabolic Changes in the Knockout Mouse for Canavan's Disease

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Canavan's disease is an autosomal recessive disorder caused by aspartoacylase deficiency, which leads to accumulation of N-acetylaspartic acid in the brain and blood and an elevated level of N-acetylaspartic acid in the urine. The brain of patients with Canavan's disease shows spongy degeneration. How the enzyme deficiency and elevated N-acetylaspartic acid cause the pathophysiology observed in Canavan's disease is not obvious. The creation of a knockout mouse for Canavan's disease is being used as a tool to investigate metabolic pathways in the mouse and correlate them with the patients with Canavan's disease. The level of glutamate is lower in the knockout mouse brain than in the wild-type mouse brain, similar to what we have found in children with Canavan's disease, and so are the levels of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA). The level of aspartate is higher in the Canavan's disease mouse brain. The activity of aspartate aminotransferase, an enzyme involved in the malate-aspartate shuttle, is lower in the Canavan's disease mouse brain. The lower weight of the Canavan's disease mouse was in direct proportion to low total-body fat and bone mineral density. These changes might be similar to what is seen in patients with Canavan's disease and could have therapeutic implications.

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Age-Related Anthropometric Changes and Undernutrition among Middle Aged and Older Savar Tribal Females of Keonjhar District, Orissa, India

Bisai

Bose

Khatun

et al. 2009

Journal of Life Sciences

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Estimated fat, bone mineral, total body water and cell solids in females of two communities of Punjab, India

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The association between somatotype and nutritional status: a cross-sectional study among the adult Sabar males of Purulia, West Bengal, India

The association between somatotype and nutritional status: a cross-sectional study among the adult Sabar males of Purulia, West Bengal, India

Metabolic Changes in the Knockout Mouse for Canavan's Disease

Age-Related Anthropometric Changes and Undernutrition among Middle Aged and Older Savar Tribal Females of Keonjhar District, Orissa, India

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