[Is there a unique measuring method to assess obesity?].
In the literature there is not available a uniformly accepted method for assessing the degree of obesity.


OBJECTIVE
To determine how far insulin resistance, serum levels of leptin and resistin are altered in persons categorized on the basis of body-mass index (BMI), body fat percentage, and abdominal circumference.


METHODS
101 volunteer boys and 115 girls participated in the studies. Body height was measured, body mass, abdominal circumference, and body composition were determined by InBody3 bioimpedance instrument. Body mass index and body fat percentage were calculated by the instrument. Concentrations of serum glucose, insulin, leptin, and resistin were determined. Insulin resistance was calculated using the homeostasis model: HOMA IR .


RESULTS
Body fat percentage, serum levels of leptin and resistin were significantly higher in girls than in boys. Increases in BMI, body fat percentage, and abdominal circumference were associated with the significant elevation of both HOMA IR and serum leptin concentrations. In overweight boys categorized by body fat percentage as obese the serum leptin concentrations were significantly higher than in their non-obese counterparts.


CONCLUSIONS
Determination of body composition would be important concerning the follow-up of biochemical changes occurring in the body during the course of both epidemiological studies and nutritional interventions.
Országos Elelmezés- és Táplálkozástudományi Intézet Budapest Gyáli út 3/A 1097. antalmagda@gmail.com
Magda
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Antal
Andrea
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Regöly-Mérei
Katalin
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Nagy
Lajos
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Biró
Szabolcs
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Péter
Györgyi
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Arató
Csaba
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Szabó
Natália
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Lásztity
Eva
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Martos
D000293:Adolescent; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D001823:Body Composition; D050218:Body Fat Distribution; D015992:Body Mass Index; D017097:Electric Impedance; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006814:Hungary; D007328:Insulin / Q000097:blood; D007333:Insulin Resistance; D050152:Intra-Abdominal Fat; D020738:Leptin / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000097:blood* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000175:diagnosis; D050177:Overweight / Q000175:diagnosis; D052243:Resistin / Q000097:blood*; D050507:Subcutaneous Fat, Abdominal; D013851:Thinness / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis; D049629:Waist-Hip Ratio
D001786:Blood Glucose; D007328:Insulin; D020738:Leptin; D052243:Resistin
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