KIN 3502 : Exam 1 Notes
15 Mar 2019
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In general, the study of the components of the body and their relative proportions. For hrpf, the general proportion of fat and fat-free tissue in the body. Health implications: recognition of obesity and eating disorders, sarcopenia- age related loss of muscle mass. Functional implications: sarcopenia is a major predictor of disability, obesity is a risk factor for cvd, body composition tests may encourage participants to increase their activity levels. It is not linear, it is a j-shaped curve. Excessive body fat: lowers aerobic fitness, reduces movement efficiency, increases health risk. Underweight: also undesirable, decreases in performance, increases health risk. Complex relationship, compounded by numerous factors: fitness and body fat are independent factors related to cardiovascular diease. Aerobically fit men who were obese (25%+ in body fat) did not differ from lean, unfit men in their risk for cvd. No significant differences were observed between metabolically healthy but obese and metabolically healthy, normal-fat participants. Focus on weight can have negative consequences.
