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标题：Prevalence of Obesity among Immigrants Living in Canada
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作者：Anup Adhikari
期刊名称：American Journal of Sports Science and Medicine
印刷版ISSN：2333-4592
电子版ISSN：2333-4606
出版年度：2014
卷号：2
期号：1
页码：35-39
DOI：10.12691/ajssm-2-1-7
语种：English
出版社：Science and Education Publishing
摘要：Canadian who were living in Toronto for the past fifteen years after migrating from their own countries and maintaining their own traditional food habits, were studied for their adiposity and body composition. Body composition was analyzed by bio-impedance method using bioelectrical body composition analyzer and BMI was calculated by standard method. Average age, height, weight, fat % and BMI for the males were 34.2 yr (± 12.3), 175.8 cm (± 8.2), 85.5 kg (± 17.5), 23.6 % (± 7.4) and 27.6 kg.m² (± 5.2) respectively whereas those for their female counterparts were 30.9 yr (± 11.3), 163.7 cm (± 6.5), 71.1 kg (± 17.1), 31.8 % (± 8.2) and 26.5 kg.m^-2 (± 5.9) respectively. A wide range of Fat % were observed in both male and female Canadians which were 7.3% - 50.0% for male and 8.5 %-52.6% for female. Similar wide ranges were also observed in BMI where males had a range of 14.6 kg.m^-2 - 48.5 kg.m^-2 and female had 15.2 kg.m^-2 and 50.2 kg.m^-2. In males, 66.12 % were in overweight category, out of which 38.74% were in pre-obese and 27.38% were in obese group. Similarly, in females, 52.72% were in overweight category, out of which 30.96% were in pre-obese category and 21.75% were in obese category. High adiposity was also observed both in males and females. The reason might be due to their life style and food habit.
关键词：BMI; fat%; over weight; obese; immigrant; Canadian