Background: Obesity and its related conditions have grown into major health problems. The World Health Organization (WHO) describes obesity as an excessive fat accumulation that negatively impact the health,”. A commonly used measure to assess the obesity is the body mass index.It does not differentiate between muscle mass and fat accumulation and provides no indication of the body shape. Body shape index and body roundness index are suggested new anthropometrics can be used to assess the shape of the body fatness. Bio-electrical impedance is a non-invasive technique used to assess visceral fat accumulation.

The aim of this study is to find the possible relationship between the different anthropometric indices and lipid profile with the visceral adiposity rating.

Methods: a cross sectional study including a convenient sample of obese adults; males and females were included. Anthropometric indices are measured, fasting blood sample to assess lipid profile and body composition analysis using in-body 270 was done to all the participants.

Results: the mean age and SD of the study sample was 37.56±10.92 years; the mean BMI and SD equal to 39.30±6.63; 37.5% of the study sample were in the morbid obesity category. The mean of total cholesterol, serum triglycerides, high density lipoprotein and low density lipoprotein were (188mg/dl, 130mg/dl, 44mg/dl and 117mg/dl) respectively.