HUN2201 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Lean Body Mass, Impaired Glucose Tolerance, Adipose Tissue
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Having too little body fat to maintain health: normal weight: Bmi between18. 5 and 24. 9 kg/m2: overweight: Having a moderate amount of excess body fat: what is a healthful body weight? (cont. , obese: Having an excess of body fat that adversely affects health, increasing disease risk significantly: morbid obesity: Bmi greater or equal to 40 kg/m2. Body weight exceeding 100% of normal, a very high risk for serious health. Evaluating body weight consequences: determining if a person"s body weight is healthful should include: Body composition: estimate body composition by assessing body fat and lean body mass with. Fat distribution pattern: apple-shaped fat patterning: upper body. Men tend to store fat in the abdominal region: pear-shaped fat patterning: lower body. Women tend to store fat in the lower body: abdominal fat increases risk for chronic disease, waist-to-hip ratio. Women: waist-to-hip ratio higher than 0. 80: waist circumference. Men: above 40 in (or 102 cm)
