Obesity measures, metabolic profiles, blood pressure and intake of dietary fatty acids in rural women of Asian Indian origin: Santiniketan women study

Abstract

: The present cross-sectional study was aimed to investigate obesity measures, metabolic profiles, 
blood pressure, and intake of dietary fatty acids in rural women of Asian Indian origin. Materials and Methods:
A total of 280 healthy rural women aged 25–65 years took part in the study. A random sampling procedure 
using a local voters’ registration list was followed to select the participants. All participants belonged to the 
Bengalee population and were inhabitants of the Bolpur-Santiniketan area, West Bengal, India. Anthropometric 
measures, namely, height, weight, circumferences of waist and hip, skinfolds at biceps, triceps, subscapular, 
and suprailiac regions, etc., were collected using standard techniques.