Body Composition
Outline of what you need to know about body composition
- Created by: Just_Georgia
- Created on: 09-04-14 19:29
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- BODY COMPOSITION
- Measuring body comp.
- BMI
- Height & weight comparison charts
- 18.5 - 23.8 = good for women
- 20.1 - 25.0 = good for men
- W/(h*h)
- Height & weight comparison charts
- Hydrostatic weighing
- individual immersed in water. results obtained by comparing scale weight to underwater weight. difference = % body fat
- Skinfold callipers
- subcutaneous fat = estimate % body fat
- Triceps
- Subscapular
- Biceps
- Suprailiac
- subcutaneous fat = estimate % body fat
- BMI
- Somatotypes
- Mesomorph = muscly e.g. Body builder
- Ectomorph = very thin e.g. Marathon runner
- Endomorphs = very large e.g. sumo wrestler
- BAHL
- higher percentage of body fat = higher risk to certain health issues
- Myocardial infarction
- Obesity
- Shorter life expectancy
- Type 2 diabetes
- osetoporosis
- Stroke/CHD
- Obesity
- Shorter life expectancy
- Energy intake
- higher percentage of body fat = higher risk to certain health issues
- BMR = Basal Metabolic Rate
- BAHL
- higher percentage of body fat = higher risk to certain health issues
- Myocardial infarction
- Type 2 diabetes
- osetoporosis
- Stroke/CHD
- Energy intake
- higher percentage of body fat = higher risk to certain health issues
- rate of energy expenditure
- physical activity
- Diet
- BAHL
- Metabolic Equivalent Tasks (METs)
- oxygen consumption per unit of body mass per minute
- BMR = Basal Metabolic Rate
- rate of energy expenditure
- physical activity
- Diet
- BMR = Basal Metabolic Rate
- 1 = resting VO2
- oxygen consumption per unit of body mass per minute
- Measuring body comp.
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