FSCN 1012 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Underweight, Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry, Insulin Resistance
15 Apr 2020
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Provides a starting point to base current and future decisions about weight loss and weight gain. Provides realistic goals about how to best achieve an ideal balance between the body"s fat and nonfat compartments. Monitors changes in the body"s fat and fat-free components. Allows the health care practitioner to provide quality information. Serves as a benchmark for men and women aged 25-59 years. Based on the average body mass relative to height. Do not provide reliable information about relative composition of the human body. Derived from body mass related to stature. Used to evaluate the normalcy of body size. As bmi increases, so does risk for cardiovascular complications. Athletes often have a high bmi due to muscle, which classifies them as obesse, but they are not! Underestimates body fat in older persons and others who have lost muscle. Obesity = bmi of 30 or > Overweight: body weight that exceeds some average for height and age.
