Abstract
Body fat percentage and visceral fat level was considered to be the anthropometric indices and equivalent to BMI, waist, but there has not been much study on people had vegetarian diet. The objectives are to evaluate the BFP, VFL and to identify the relation of long-time vegetarian, risk factor and BFP, VFL on women had vegetarian diet. Method: 239 females (age 45-55 years) had vegetarian and 239 non-vegetarian women (age 45-55 years) were control group. Result: For vegetarian, there was 82.0% on the high BFP, while the figure for high VFL was 28.0%. The risk of increase BFP, VFL in vegetarian group compared to non-vegetarian women were 1.60 and 1.55 respectively. There was correlation between long-time vegetarian and BFP (r=0.437), and between long-time vegetarian and VFL (r=0.625).In term of long-time vegetarian, time>8year was related elevating BFP and >20 year was related raising VFL. Conclusion: The risk of increase BFP, VFL in vegetarian group compared to non-vegetarian women were 1.60 and 1.55 respectively. There was correlation between long-time vegetarian and BFP and between long-time vegetarian and VFL.
