BPK 140 Chapter 8: Body Weight and Weight Management
22 Dec 2018
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Body weight and weight control are major health concerns today, in growing middle and upper classes of developing countries -- both medical and social issues. overfat -- person exceeds their recommended percentage of body fat by a certain margin. Its possible to be overweight without being overfat, also to be overfat without being overweight. Height-weight table: produced by life insurance companies tables of ideal weight. (e. x. Assessing statistical risk of company of determine how much to charge for life insurance premiums. Information that will help them predict how long a person will live, determining the longevity related to body weight. The problem; don"t consider differences in body composition, not body fat but looking at body weight. (muscular person may be lean but classified as overweight. ) Body mass index (bmi): = body mass in kg/height in metres^2. Based on self-reported height and weight, lower than that calculated from self-reported data. (ppl under-report their weight and over-report their height)
