What is Body Composition? An analysis can tell you a how much fat and how much lean body mass you have, and help you find your best weight. Charts in your doctor’s office provide a rough idea of what you should weigh. They take into account your weight, your height, your frame size and your gender – and then provide an estimate of an appropriate weight for you. At best, the charts can only classify you as underweight, at a proper weight, or overweight, based on your frame size. But what the charts don’t take into account is your body composition – that is, how much lean body mass you have, and how much fat you have. Your total body weight (composition) is made up of two parts – one part is body fat, and the other is your lean body mass. Your body fat is further divided into two types – one is essential fat, the other is storage fat. Essential fat is the small amounts of fats stored in organs – the heart, lungs, liver, spleen, kidneys and intestines – as well in muscle tissue. The body needs this to maintain normal bodily processes; temperature regulation, shock absorption and energy production. Women, have more essential body fat than men because of the body’s need to store energy in the form of fat to support childbearing and other hormone-related functions. Storage fat serves to cushion the internal organs (called visceral or abdominal fat) and fat that lies just beneath the skin surface (subcutaneous fat) serves to cushion the skeleton and conserve body heat. Excess accumulation of visceral fat is associated with various health concerns, which is why it’s important to keep body fat within a healthy range. Lean Body Mass is everything that’s not fat – bones, organs, muscles, ligaments, tendons and fluids. Muscle can’t “turn into fat.” If you stop exercising your muscles they become smaller, making the fat on the surface more apparent. Thin or Lean? Over-fat or Overweight? Body composition analysis provides useful information that can be used to distinguish between someone who is “thin” and someone who is “lean” as well as someone who is “over-fat” and someone who is “overweight”. This is important, because it is excess body fat that has an impact on an individual’s overall health and well-being. Achieving Your Best Weight and Shape A proper diet and exercise program can help individuals achieve and maintain a healthy body weight and shape. A proper exercise program can help to build and maintain muscle mass, and therefore increase the body’s lean mass. When you lose body fat, you lose it more or less uniformly Have your free body analysis done now, call me to make your booking and know where you stand - Your health depends upon it 071 6766930
Posted on: Fri, 18 Jul 2014 11:29:51 +0000
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