Anthropometric measurements and lipid profile study during ramadan fasting

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This study was designed to examine the influence of Ramadan fasting on various anthropometric measures and lipid profile in young healthy Iraqi house physicians.

The participants were 28 subjects , age range 25-33 years during Ramadan of 1415.

Hijra Anthropometrics and plasma lipids were measured on first morning of Ramadan, mid–Ramadan, and of Ramadan, and two errks aftee Ramadan.

Fasting in Ramadan changes the plasma lipids positively cholesterol is reduced, HDL is increased, and both LDL and triglycerides are reduced.

Weight, BMI, and skin fold thisknrss showed some parallel changes to that of lipids mid–arm muscle circumference (MAMC) had boon altered, a point in favor of the sparing effect of fasting on muscle glycogen breakdown.

This woke add a new data in relation to adaptive mechanism during Ramadan fasting and its hypolipidimic influence.