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Effective ways to measure Fitness other than BMI
Side effects of excess fat!!
How To achieve good level of Fitness
Is bmi the best measure of obesity?
Weight index doesn't tell the whole Truth!!
How much is BMI information reliable?
Even though two men share the same weight & height (same BMI) , their bodies are very different in shape, due to difference in percent composition of lean & fat.
In physical fitness, the body fat percentage is considered to be an even more accurate measure of relative weight, as it measures body composition determines leanness.
Body fat increases and muscle mass decreases with age. BMI is not able to reflect proportional changes in body fat or muscle mass.
The BMI does not distinguish between body fat and fat-free mass.
Fat distribution varies into individuals could be answerable for different risk factor described in unbiased obese individuals.
Basically, by nature, if body fat can be accumulated as subcutaneous fat, it improves metabolism.
In contrast, body fat stored as visceral fat, indicates person’s metabolic risk profile.
BMI does not capture body fat location information, which is important while assessing health risk . Despite of, BMI is a very simple measurement… , But it does not take into account the person’s waist, chest or hip measurements. Outcome is-
BMI fails to give adequate risk warnings accurately, exhibited due to visceral fat accumulation. Visceral fat accumulation, is the leading root cause to most of the metabolic and clinical consequences of obesity, which results in doubt for The clinical effectiveness of BMI.
Since average muscle mass is more likely to be positive, preferred obesity metric is body fat percentage in clinical practices.
Muscle mass affect BMI.
“BMI underestimates the amount of body fat in overweight / obese people and over estimates it in lean or muscular people”.
BMI is particularly inaccurate for an Olympic athletes or a dedicated weight trainers, who are rather tip more toned individuals, as their high muscle mass can classify them in the overweight category, despite having little fat.
BMI results in taller people uncharacteristically high, compared to their actual body fat levels.
BMI misleads in small frames & large frames of persons.
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