IMPACT OF BODY MASS INDEX (BMI) ON FLUID AND ELECTROLYTE BALANCE IN HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS
Journal Title: International Journal of Medical and Clinical Research - Year 2013, Vol 4, Issue 1
Abstract
Body fluid volume and electrolyte concentration are normally maintained within very narrow limits despite wide variations in dietary intake, metabolic activity & environmental stresses. It is hypothesized that water retention in healthy people demonstrates weight fluctuations within 2-3 kg while obese subjects demonstrate more than 4 to 5 kg. Unpublished data reveals that people with increased weight gain, resorting to restricted diet, prolonged exercise or decreased calorie intake, experienced fluctuations in body weight and altered fluid electrolyte balance. Sodium intake, particularly from processed foods is reported to be one of the causes of water related weight gain. However, studies on fluid balance of healthy subjects with increased body mass index are very scanty. The present study has observed linear relation between BMI and water retention. We hypothesize that subject with higher BMI demonstrated water retention leading to increase fat store and weight gain.
Authors and Affiliations
R. C. SHARMA, N. BHATTACHARYA, S. SHARMA, K. GARG
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP170007
- DOI 10.9735/0976-5530.4.1.245-247
- Views 94
- Downloads 0
NOISE-INDUCED HEARING LOSS (NIHL) AND ITS CORRELATION WITH AUDIOMETRIC OBSERVATIONS IN HEAVY VEHICLE OPERATORS SUFFERING WITH METABOLIC DISORDERS
Type II diabetic Mellitus (DM) is a chronic metabolic disease. In 2014, 9% of adults 18 years and older had diabetes. In 2012, diabetes was the direct cause of 1.5 million deaths. More than 80% of diabetes deaths occur i...
IMPACT OF BODY MASS INDEX (BMI) ON FLUID AND ELECTROLYTE BALANCE IN HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS
Body fluid volume and electrolyte concentration are normally maintained within very narrow limits despite wide variations in dietary intake, metabolic activity & environmental stresses. It is hypothesized that water rete...
STUDY FOR GENETIC RELATION BETWEEN THE ATTACHED EAR LOBES AND HAIRY EARS IN A SELECTIVE IRAQI SAMPLE
In most people the ear lobes hang free (unattached). This is the dominant trait (E). the attached earlobe is recessive (e). In this study a selective Iraqi sample (66) were examined for attached or free ear lobe, hairy e...
PROTEINS OF CLASSICAL AND LECTIN PATHWAY OF THE COMPLEMENT SYSTEM INVOLVED IN THE PATHOGENESIS OF RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE
Background: Rheumatic heart disease is an inflammatory disease which predominantly affects the valvular endocardium culminating in crippling valve deformities. Inorder to find out the role of complement proteins in induc...
LAPAROSCOPIC EXCISION OF LESIONS SUGGESTIVE OF ENDOMETRIOSIS: RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN VISUAL FINDINGS AND FINAL HISTOLOGIC DIAGNOSIS
Objective: Diagnoses of endometriosis are based on observation of endometriotic lesions by means of laparoscopy, along with the pathological findings. The aim of this study was to evaluate the sensitivity and specificity...