Kinesiology 2000A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Gluttony, Adipose Tissue, Pancreatic Polypeptide
8 Feb 2018
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Who defines overweight and obesity as abnormal or excessive fat accumulation that may impair health. Classifications are based on body mass index (bmi) which is calculated by dividing weight by height, bmi = kg/ m 2. Even at a healthy weight, excess fat carried around the waist can increase your risk of high blood pressure, high [blood] cholesterol, heart disease and type-2 diabetes. -heart & stroke. Apple = high visceral fat really detrimental to health. Certain doctor or health professional can measure it one way and the other could measure it differently. It gives us different info than bmi (not better or worse) All of measures are going to matter who does it, best to be repeated over time in a single individual. This is not to suggest that obesity is simply a matter of poor willpower leading to gluttony and laziness.
