HPED 2507 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Body Mass Index, Underweight, Blood Sugar
28 Oct 2018
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Science defines a healthy body weight based on risk of death from all causes: weight for height (bmi, fat distribution (waist circumference, disease risk profile (e. g. cholesterol, blood glucose, bp) Body mass index (bmi: defines average relative weight for height in people older than 20 years, often correlates with degree of body fatness and disease risk, calculated by dividing your weight (kg) by your height (m2) Bmi= 89 / (1. 8^2) = 27. 46913 = 27. Body mass is made up of: fat, muscle, bone & organs: essential fat: men 5%; women 12% -- bone marrow, cns, internal organs, healthy % body fat: men 12-20%; women 20-30% Risks from underweight: body fat, essential in manufacture of hormone, required component of every cell in the body, provides a cushion for internal organs. Hped 2507 infertility: delayed physical maturation during adolescence, accelerated bone loss, problems that accompany starvation, threatens survival during famine or wasting diseases.
