HSS 1101 Chapter 6: Chapter 6; Managing your weight.pdf

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: HSS 1101
• Professor: Tien Nguyen

Document Summary

5%-10% of a meal"s energy (5+ hours after a meal) A weight greater than expected for a speci c height. Determined by health weight charts or by calculating bmi. An excessive accumulation of body fat at which level the risk for health problems is increased. Bmi =(weight in kg)/(height in m2) or bmi = [(weight in lb)/(height in in2)] x 705. *more than 50% of adult canadians are overweight. Refers to how much body mass a person has (i. e when they step onto a scale to measure how much they weigh) Refers to to percentage composition of lean versus non- lean body mass (i. e. the proportion of muscle mass to fat mass) Healthy weight management is a function of both appropriate bodyweight and body composition (i. e. healthy weight management means more than decreasing overall body weight" decreasing non-lean mass is just as important, if not more so) *controlling body composition is more important than controlling body weight*