<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//NLM//DTD JATS (Z39.96) Journal Publishing DTD v1.2d1 20170631//EN" "JATS-journalpublishing1.dtd"> <ArticleSet> <Article> <Journal> <PublisherName>njbms</PublisherName> <JournalTitle>NJBMS</JournalTitle> <PISSN>0976-6626</PISSN> <EISSN>2455-1740</EISSN> <Volume-Issue>Volume 6, Issue 2</Volume-Issue> <PartNumber/> <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> </PubDate> <ArticleType>Physiology</ArticleType> <ArticleTitle>INFLUENCE OF BODY MASS INDEX AND WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE ON ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF THE FIRST YEAR MEDICAL STUDENTS</ArticleTitle> <SubTitle/> <ArticleLanguage>English</ArticleLanguage> <ArticleOA>Y</ArticleOA> <FirstPage>60</FirstPage> <LastPage>67</LastPage> <AuthorList> <Author> <FirstName>LAXMIKANT J.</FirstName> <LastName>BORSE</LastName> <AuthorLanguage>English</AuthorLanguage> <Affiliation/> <CorrespondingAuthor>N</CorrespondingAuthor> <ORCID/> <FirstName>G. DEEPAK</FirstName> <LastName>BANSODE</LastName> <AuthorLanguage>English</AuthorLanguage> <Affiliation/> <CorrespondingAuthor>Y</CorrespondingAuthor> <ORCID/> <FirstName>K. HITESH</FirstName> <LastName>MODAK</LastName> <AuthorLanguage>English</AuthorLanguage> <Affiliation/> <CorrespondingAuthor>Y</CorrespondingAuthor> <ORCID/> </Author> </AuthorList> <DOI/> <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 (>23 kg/m2) and Group II with lesser BMI (85 cm, females >80 cm) and Group II with lesser WC (males</Abstract> <AbstractLanguage>English</AbstractLanguage> <Keywords>Academic achievement, Adiposity, Body mass index, Obesity, Waist circumference</Keywords> <URLs> <Abstract>https://njbms.in/ubijournal-v1copy/journals/abstract.php?article_id=1577&title=INFLUENCE OF BODY MASS INDEX AND WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE ON ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF THE FIRST YEAR MEDICAL STUDENTS</Abstract> </URLs> <References> <ReferencesarticleTitle>References</ReferencesarticleTitle> <ReferencesfirstPage>16</ReferencesfirstPage> <ReferenceslastPage>19</ReferenceslastPage> <References/> </References> </Journal> </Article> </ArticleSet>