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      <JournalTitle>NJBMS</JournalTitle>
      <PISSN>0976-6626</PISSN>
      <EISSN>2455-1740</EISSN>
      <Volume-Issue>Volume 6, Issue 2</Volume-Issue>
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      <IssueTopic>Multidisciplinary</IssueTopic>
      <IssueLanguage>English</IssueLanguage>
      <Season>October - December 2015</Season>
      <SpecialIssue>N</SpecialIssue>
      <SupplementaryIssue>N</SupplementaryIssue>
      <IssueOA>Y</IssueOA>
      <PubDate>
        <Year>-0001</Year>
        <Month>11</Month>
        <Day>30</Day>
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      <ArticleType>Physiology</ArticleType>
      <ArticleTitle>INFLUENCE OF BODY MASS INDEX AND WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE ON ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF THE FIRST YEAR MEDICAL STUDENTS</ArticleTitle>
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      <ArticleLanguage>English</ArticleLanguage>
      <ArticleOA>Y</ArticleOA>
      <FirstPage>60</FirstPage>
      <LastPage>67</LastPage>
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          <FirstName>LAXMIKANT J.</FirstName>
          <LastName>BORSE</LastName>
          <AuthorLanguage>English</AuthorLanguage>
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          <CorrespondingAuthor>N</CorrespondingAuthor>
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          <FirstName>G. DEEPAK</FirstName>
          <LastName>BANSODE</LastName>
          <AuthorLanguage>English</AuthorLanguage>
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          <CorrespondingAuthor>Y</CorrespondingAuthor>
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          <FirstName>K. HITESH</FirstName>
          <LastName>MODAK</LastName>
          <AuthorLanguage>English</AuthorLanguage>
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          <CorrespondingAuthor>Y</CorrespondingAuthor>
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      <Abstract>Background: Future of the adolescence is mainly decided by their academic achievement hence teachers, students, and their parents are always conscious about that. Many studies have shown the relationship of obesity/overweight which   is growing problem in developed as well as in developing countries with various diseased and non-diseased conditions. Aims and Objectives: The present study was performed to find the influence of body mass index (BMI) and waist cir- cumference (WC) on academic achievement of the first year medical college students. Materials and Methods: The study included 92 healthy students, 59 males and 33 females. Considering cut-off value for BMI and WC for Asian Indian adults they were divided into different study groups. On the basis of BMI, Group I was with higher BMI        (&gt;23 kg/m2) and Group II with lesser BMI (85 cm, females &gt;80 cm) and Group II with lesser WC (males</Abstract>
      <AbstractLanguage>English</AbstractLanguage>
      <Keywords>Academic achievement, Adiposity, Body mass index, Obesity, Waist circumference</Keywords>
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        <Abstract>https://njbms.in/ubijournal-v1copy/journals/abstract.php?article_id=1577&amp;title=INFLUENCE OF BODY MASS INDEX AND WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE ON ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF THE FIRST YEAR MEDICAL STUDENTS</Abstract>
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        <ReferencesfirstPage>16</ReferencesfirstPage>
        <ReferenceslastPage>19</ReferenceslastPage>
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