WHAT?
The relative amount of fat and fat-free tissues in the body.
What is Body Compisition?
The Skin fold test
Where to measure body fat percentage?
What is the apple shape?
BMI is the ratio of the body weight divided by height
What is BMI?
38.2 percent of the United States are obese individuals.
Where is there most obese individuals?
Android pattern of obesity is seen in the men, this is when the fat is primarily stored within the upper body and around the waist.
What is the apple shaped pattern?
Low radiation X-RAY of the entire body to obtain estimates of body-fat percentage.
What is a Dual Energy X-RAY absorptiometry?
Fat found in our nerves and cell membranes that is 3 percent for men and 12 percent for women.
Where is essential fat?
Gynoid pattern in obesity is often seen in women, where the fat is stored in the thighs, hips and waist
What is the Pear shaped pattern?