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Inluence of gender,Ethnicity,eating habits and exercise onBMI among students of a medical school

Posted by Dr. Prabha Adhikari on 14 Dec 2011 06:19:43 PM GMT

1	Is the subject of the article within the scope of the subject category?	Yes
2	Are the interpretations / conclusions sound and justified by the data?	No
3	Is this a new and original contribution?	Yes
4	Does this paper exemplify an awareness of other research on the topic?	Yes
5	Are structure and length satisfactory?	Yes
6	Can you suggest brief additions or amendments or an introductory statement that will increase the value of this paper for an international audience?	No
7	Can you suggest any reductions in the paper, or deletions of parts?	No
8	Is the quality of the diction satisfactory?	Yes
9	Are the illustrations and tables necessary and acceptable?	Yes
10	Are the references adequate and are they all necessary?	Yes
11	Are the keywords and abstract or summary informative?	Yes

Other Comments:
1.Conclusions that ethnicity has influence on BMI is not supported by Statistics

2.The study only has found significant association between physical activity and BMI and food habits which are not mentioned

3.Age has no relationship to BMI as per the study but the author has concluded that it influences BMI

4.Discussion is not organized and does not discuss all the issues. Comparison with previous literature is inadequate and hence it needs to be rewritten
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I have experince in lifestyle management I have created centres for exercise and diet modification at multiple places in Mangalore I have presented and authored several papaers on obesity ,diet and physical activity
How to cite: Adhikari P .Inluence of gender,Ethnicity,eating habits and exercise onBMI among students of a medical school[Review of the article 'Influence of Gender, Ethnicity, Eating Habits and Exercise on Body Mass Index Among Students of an Indian Medical School ' by Mohammad C].WebmedCentral 2011;2(12):WMCRW001249

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influence of gender ethnicity eating habits and exercise on BMI among students of an indian medical school

Posted by Mr. Glad Mohesh on 21 Nov 2011 05:22:45 PM GMT

1	Is the subject of the article within the scope of the subject category?	Yes
2	Are the interpretations / conclusions sound and justified by the data?	No
3	Is this a new and original contribution?	Yes
4	Does this paper exemplify an awareness of other research on the topic?	Yes
5	Are structure and length satisfactory?	No
6	Can you suggest brief additions or amendments or an introductory statement that will increase the value of this paper for an international audience?	No
7	Can you suggest any reductions in the paper, or deletions of parts?	No
8	Is the quality of the diction satisfactory?	Yes
9	Are the illustrations and tables necessary and acceptable?	No
10	Are the references adequate and are they all necessary?	Yes
11	Are the keywords and abstract or summary informative?	Yes

Other Comments:
1.The approach to find out the influence of different parameters upon the BMI on these medical college students using questionnaires is good.Implications of these findings on the same group of students for their betterment which could be followed in other medical schools could have been an added.

2.Tables of data that compared exercising habit between the groups is missing.

3.The possibility of being on restrained food habits by these obese students and its effect on their psychology can be the next research question.

4.frequency of eating habits table is missing

Illustration 1.although no statistical significance is seen,data shows a gradual raise in the BMI as age advances which could be discussed more

Illustration 2.Underweight females are more /overweight and obesity proportion is more in males could have been looked into deeply for reasons

Illustration 3.racial differences clearly show that indians are high in the overweight and obese category but if these people are put into a cohort study may be we can assess if really their race has a role on obesity else indian food is the one that influences the BMI

Illustration 4.Contrary to the normal expectations here Vegetarians are more obese

Illustration 6.clearly shows that until someone is in the normal and overweight category we can see these people are high in proportion whereas once they are pushed into obese category nomore dieting is going to help them lose wieght as we believe their body fails to reduce in the storing process
Competing interests:
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Invited by the author to review this article? :
Yes
Have you previously published on this or a similar topic?:
Yes
References:
None
Experience and credentials in the specific area of science:

I am interested in working in this area of obesity /BMI on medical college students.our intention was to create awareness among the young medicos from becoming a problem for themselves before they start treating others.Awareness about food consumed and proper exercise will save people from the epidemic of obesity related metabolic disorders.
How to cite: Mohesh G . influence of gender ethnicity eating habits and exercise on BMI among students of an indian medical school[Review of the article 'Influence of Gender, Ethnicity, Eating Habits and Exercise on Body Mass Index Among Students of an Indian Medical School ' by Mohammad C].WebmedCentral 2011;2(11):WMCRW001151

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