• Kankana De

Introduction: Waist –height ratio is good way to measure healthy weight in comparison to body mass index.It help in assessing heart disease, diabetics, stroke, this anthropometric measurements act as alternative to measure central obesity, this ratio indicates early health risk, WHtR use as a valuable screening tool, particularly for children as young as five, who are showing initial signs of excess weight gain, and those puts them at greater risk of obesity. central Objectives: To study health status of study group Settings This study done on Sitadihi gram panchayat of Salboni block, Paschim Medinipur, Westbengal, India Subjects For this study 1000 adolescents girls taken as subjects, their age varies 10 years to 19 years. To measure circumferences of waist measuring tape is used, height is measured by Anthropometre rods, subjects are hindu bengalee girls. This study done on sitadihi gram panchayat of salboni block position of excess weight has been proven to be a stronger predictor of risk of morbidity. Results: Body mass index are increasing with waist-height ratio, menarcheal status has negative relation with waist-height ratio means waist height ratio not effect menarcheal status Discussion: In this study 52.1 percentage of study girls were overweight in respect to Waist –height ratio ,9 percent of study is morbidity obese, waist –height ratio is increased with increasing age, waist-height ratio and waist hip ratio has linear relation with age,waist-height ratio has no relation with menarche.

health.Body mass index, waist-height ratio

"Determination of health status by waist –height ratio", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 7, page no.738-743, July-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1807464.pdf

"Determination of health status by waist –height ratio", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 7, page no. pp738-743, July-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1807464.pdf