The association between somatotype and nutritional status: a cross-sectional study among the adult Sabar males of Purulia, West Bengal, India

Abstract Somatotype is the parameter used to determine the body composition, which is influenced by several factors and nutrition is the crucial one. This study aimed to determine somatotype and nutritional status as well as investigate the somatotype variations in relation to the age and nutritiona...

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Main Authors: Kaustav Das, Koel Mukherjee, Sayak Ganguli, Somosree Pal, Subrata Sankar Bagchi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2021-05-01
Series:International Journal of Anthropology and Ethnology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s41257-021-00046-5