Sadly, “obese” is a term very much used today to describe the state of health of a large percentage of adult Americans. According to the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), in 2014, the obesity rate was 35% among men and 40.4% among women. In addition, more than 5% of men and 10% of women were morbidly obese. BMI or Body Mass Index, has long been the gold standard for measuring obesity. BMI uses your height and weight in a simplistic calculation to see if you fall in the healthy range between 18.5 and 25. The problem with this formula is that it fails to account for the difference between fat mass, lean mass, visceral fat, intra and extracellular water and bone (mineral) mass. Enter the Body Composition Analysis by InBody, a technique for helping us to know exactly what your body is made up of. Why is this so important? We now know that there is more to weight loss and better health than just losing pounds on a scale. So, if your InBody results show you have a high body fat percentage, you’ll probably want to increase your lean body mass and decrease your fat mass. Basically, you’ll want to burn more calories than you take in each day. The best way to do this is to have an appropriate nutrition program as well as an appropriate exercise program.
Body Composition And Your Health
