Paper
Bio-Impedance Analysis Measures in a Rural Latina Community
- Authors:
- Susan Wilhelm; Trina Aguirre; Ann Koehler
- Abstract
- Obesity is an ever-growing epidemic that is accompanied by numerous comorbidities and exorbitant health care expenditures. The rural community in which this minority population was studied has the 7th fattest population in the United States and is approximately 40% Hispanic1. In order to focus on interventions, bio-impedance analysis (BIA) was completed on a segment of the population as part of a community health assessment used in the Public Health Nursing Model. Forty-nine Latina women ages 20-80, attending a Latina Red Dress Event that targeted Heart Health of Latina women, were consented and measured for body composition on a bio-impedance analyzer. The items measured were BMI, body fat percentage, weight, height, body fat mass, fat free mass, visceral fat rating, body water percentage, body water mass, muscle mass, bone mass, basal metabolic rate, and metabolic age. Correlations and frequencies were analyzed for the variable data. State statistics indicate that approximately 60% of the population in this area is overweight or obese. The study findings show the rate is much higher in this segment of the population.
- Keywords
- Bio-Impedance; Rural; Latina; Water
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- 10.5963/PHF0301001