Body Composition Basics
The relative amounts of fat and fat-free tissue, such asd muscle, organs, and bone, found in the body.
What is body composition?
Measuring the waist to hip ratio is used to determine the risk for disease associated with the android pattern of obesity.
What is the waist to hip ratio?
Fat that is primarily stored in the upper body and around the waist that is more commonly found in men and contributes to greater risk of heart disease and diabetes.
What is android pattern of obesity?
The NIH estimates 15-20% of deaths in the United States is directly related to the percentage of body fat greater than 25% for men and 35% for women.
What is obesity?
Fat cells located in nerves and cell membranes and are necessary for body function.
What is essential fat?
The computed ratio of the body weight divided by the height used to determine whether someone is at a healthy body weight and is related to the percentage of body fat.
What is BMI?
Fat that is more commonly found in women and is stored in the waist, hips, and thighs.
Body fat percentage for men 20 or older is suggested to be 8-19% and 12-15% for young adults.
What is recommended body fat percentage?
Insulates the body to retain heat and provides energy located in the adipose tissue, consisting of visceral and subcutaneous fat.
What is storage fat?
Calipers are used to measure subcutaneous fat to estimate a person's overall body fat percentage.
What is a skinfold test?
Malnutrition occurs when a person is under eating and not getting all the necessary nutrients they need for and can lead to loss of muscle mass and strength.
What is effects of being underweight?
From 1996 to 2010 the average body fat percentage in the United States has gradually increased from 10-19% to 20- >30%
What is obesity trends in the United States?