EFFECT OF VEGETARIAN AND NON-VEGETARIAN DIET ON BODY MASS INDEX OF VARIOUS SOCIO-ECONOMIC CATEGORY SPORTSMAN

Background: Body Mass Index is perhaps the most common anthropometric measureused to predict relative overweight. However, the value of the measurement in childrenand adolescents is regularly questioned. The natural course of growth and maturation inchildren, plus the individual variability during the same period mean that indices ofweight-for-height, including the Body Mass Index (W/H2) are not very good indices ofadiposity