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Clinical practices to assess Obesity & metabolic syndrome
How to achieve good level of Fitness.
Excess Fat distribution alerts for Health risk..
Is bmi the best measure of obesity?
What You need To know about BMI
“I” is the only difference between Fit & Fat, and has remarked Fit is better.
Your BMI is a useful tool to measure a healthy body weight based on your height. Age shouldn’t be a determinant of an BMI or IBW figure from middle age on-wards.
BMI is The most basic & common widely used measure of overweight and obesity.
BMI estimates body fat mass. A high BMI can be an indicator of high body fatness..
BMI Formula
The Body Mass Index (BMI) does not work well for short people nor for tall people.
BMI Index is decidedly overweight for tall people.
Better BMI For Tall People
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Hence, when tall people were to be scaled-up on BMI scale, then the BMI should be the weight divided by the height cubed (power of 3).
Short people ‘fatter than they think ‘ when scaled up with BMI. Hence, The BMI for short people would be the weight divided by the height (power of 1).
The risks of obesity are real. But can we rely on a single number to tell us if someone is overweight / obese?
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Clinical measurements of ideal weight includes fat distribution measured by waist-To-hip ratio and body fat percentage.Your fat levels defines your look. BMI cannot take into consideration, where the body holds fat.