KNES 375 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Hydrostatic Weighing, Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry, Gallbladder Disease
3 Apr 2019
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Objectives: anthropometric measures, bmi, waist circumference, skinfolds, bioelectrical impedance, dexa, other methods (not covered in lecture, calculating: fm; ffm; optimal % bf. Limitations to two-component model: total body fat vs t distribution patterns, visceral adipose tissue (vat) vs. subcutaneous fat, associated with glucose tolerance, plasma insulin levels, plasma lipoproteins. Independent of total body fat it tends to be the fat distribution pattern that has a bigger influence on the whole health perspective. Methods of assessment: anthropometric measurements, body mass index (bmi): measure of obesity that relates to body composition (r = 0. 70) 30. 0), obese (>30: bmi shows risk of death there is a j shaped elation between bmi and death risk/rate; we see that 50 % of canadian population at an increased health risk. Fat has a direct indices on your cholesterol and leads back to insulin sensitivity/insensitivity: body shapes are not sex specific (can represent both sexes).
