Discussion 5: BMI versus Body Composition-Why you should know BOTH Body Mass Index is used to show a person whether they are underweight, normal, overweight, or obese. BMI is used to measure our weight in relation to our height. When body mass is calculated this way, it is typically used to show a person their amount of body fat on a relative scale. Two women could be 5’7 and weigh 130 pounds yet one is healthy and the other is not. How could this be possible? One could have more fat on their body than muscle making them less healthy, but the result of the calculation would still be the same. While BMI can be a good tool to determine ranges of weight from underweight to obese, it may not be as accurate as determining body composition. Body
You will be evaluated on completeness, thoroughness, and accuracy. The goal of this project is for you to accurately determine and professionally interpret the results as if you were doing so for a patient. Assume that the person you are answering these questions for has never heard of body composition or what it means. Answers must be complete.
Nearly two-thirds of the United States population is overweight. There are several ways to determine if a person is obese or overweight. Experts say that a person’s body mass index is the best way to determine an adults weight in relation to their height. A BMI from 18.5 to 24.9 kg/m2 is considered normal, adults with a BMI of 25 to 29.9 kg/m2 are considered overweight. There are exceptions with peoples BMI, an athlete can have a high BMI and not be overweight or obese. Adults with a BMI of 30 kg/m2 or higher are considered obese. A person with a high BMI can have a normal amount of body fat if they have more muscle tissue. However, the risk of death and disease is increased for adults who are overweight and obese (Kolata 1)
As stated by Grellier & Goerke (2014), analytical essays explore all perspectives of a topic; whether it be positive/negative or possibilities/difficulties. Also, an argument is generally not required as comparing and contrasting points is the main focus of the essay. Obesity (Student n.d.) will be analysed and critiqued based on conventions of good academic writing.
Amongst one of the bigger health issues in United States children is obesity. Obesity is a condition in which a person has accumulated an excess amount of body fat that it has become detrimental to their health. To track this health professionals use the term “obese” when a person has a body mass index (BMI) of over 30. Although BMI should not be the only determining factor of whether or not you child is obese as it only takes into account of height and weight, it is one of the better known systems of telling whether or not a person is overweight or obese (Nichols). Obesity comes with a range of other health conditions that can include but are not limited to cancer, diabetes, and depression. Not only do children and teens who suffer from obesity acquire many health diseases, they also tend to get failing grades and are bullied amongst peers. Most Americans correlate being obese with having an unhealthy lifestyle, but according to a 2006 Fox News article there may be other factors that attribute to obesity that include smoking, medicine, pollution, technology and lack of sleep. (“10 Causes of Obesity Other Than Overeating”). One part that does although indeed play a role in to child obesity rates is economics.
Obesity means having too much body fat. It is not the same as being overweight, which means weighing too much. Someone may be overweight from extra muscle, bone, or water, as well as from having too much fat. (Bing health). Obesity is a major problem that is occurring in parts all over the world. Currently, the fattest nation is America . Many people are overweight because the do too little or no exercise at all. This is especially true in countries like America, where as people are bombarded by fast food stores on virtually every corner. Obesity can not only cause health problems, but as well mental ones. Obese people may think of themselves as a useless human being because they are too fat and can’t accomplish anything, because of their weight. Though this is incorrect, many people believe this and end up taking their life. In this paper we will describe the causes of obesity and ways to combat the “everlasting epidemic.”
Many people combine obesity and overweight as one category, in where they think that it is the same thing. Obesity and overweight are what doctors use to categorized people that are over the healthy body mass index (BMI) scale. The Body Mass Index is a range of numbers that uses a person’s weight and height to calculate a range of numbers. When an adult is overweight, they have a BMI between twenty-five and twenty-nine and nine tenths; when they are obese their BMI is thirty and over. One issue with this scale is that since the BMI only measures weight and height and not necessarily how much fat is in a body, a person who is an athlete may be considered overweight since muscle is heavier than fat. A more accurate scale is the Withings
Obesity is on the rise, and it affects both adults and children, predisposing us to heart disease, diabetes and cancer. Most people are aware that exercising and eating a healthy diet is important for health and weight control, but there is something else to consider, Obesogens.
Body Mass Index (BMI). Body Mass Index is an index of weight and height that is used to classify underweight, overweight, and obesity in adults (World Health Organization, 2004). Body Mass Index will be calculated using participants self-reported weight and height. The formula for BMI is as follows:
There are different ways to determine your body composition and the risks that they involve. In this lab, body measurements are taken to find the body percent fat, waist-to-hip ratio, body mass index (BMI), and basal metabolic rate (BMR). Skin folds for the chest, abdomen, and thigh were taken for males, and triceps, iliac crest, and thigh for females. Age, height, and weight for each person were recorded as well as the waist and hip circumference.
According to Mosbey's Medical, Nursing, & Allied Health Dictionary, Body Composition is defined as the relative proportions of protein, fat, water, and mineral components in the body. It varies as a result of differences in body density and degree of obesity. Basically body composition describes the percentages of fat, bone, and muscle in a persons body. The percentages of body fat a person has determines their overall health and fitness when compared to factors like age, weight, and sex. Body composition also contributes to a persons overall appearance. A healthy male should have about12 to 18 percent of fat. Females should have around 14 to 20 percent. Any thing over or under these percentages would be considered unhealthy.The term's weight and fat are usually used in the same context when discussing physical fitness. Under certain circumstances, being overweight doesn't mean that a person is unhealthy. A person could be in good physical shape but considered overweight because they have excess muscle. People with a lot of muscle mass usually have body weight, which is disproportional to their height. Having a high percentage of fat is unhealthy because it can cause heart disease, high blood pressure, and diabetes.It is important to know your body fat percentage because it can help you put together a realistic exercise program with goals that are attainable. A good exercise program incorporates both aerobic exercises, which burn fat and anaerobic exercises, which build muscle. It is healthier to turn fat into muscle instead of just trying to loose weight without thinking about gaining strength. The best way for a person to change his or her body composition is to improve their fitness levels. Fitness has different meanings to different people. Some people define fitness as having a small waistline. Other people may feel that fitness is the ability to bench-press their body weight ten times.
Researchers and health care professionals often use a calculation called the Body Mass Index (BMI) to determine whether or not someone is at a healthy weight. Recent studies suggest that waist circumference is actually a better determination of health risk than BMI, and that more emphasis should be paid to waist in classifying obesity. Waistline fat poses far more health dangers than does fat stored elsewhere. Men who have waists larger than 40 inches and women who have waists larger than 35 inches have excess waistline fat and are considered obese. Excess fat in the abdomen is considered a major risk factor for ailments associated with obesity such as diabetes and metabolic syndrome.
Obesity is considered a chronic and multifactorial disease that has been increasing every day, just like its physical and psychological clinical comorbities. The bariatric surgery emerges as a surgical procedure to treat this disease, and considering the complexity of contributing factors for the obesity, it is necessary to understand the importance of multidisciplinary monitoring of the surgical team and the role of the psychologist in this context. From a qualitative research with EXPLORATORY DESCRIPTIVE DESIGN, guided by ethical principles, this study had semi-structured interviews, recorded and transcribed, to understand the role of the psychologist in the process of monitoring bariatric patients, supported by the perception of four psychoanalysts
BMI is one of the widely used tool in clinical settings to estimate body fat percentage. It uses height and weight to determine if an adult is at a healthy weight range, underweight, overweight, or obese http://www.healthdirect.gov.au/body-mass-index-bmi-and-waist-circumference. According to Barton (2010), BMI is a simple tool for clinicians to screen people who are at greater risk in developing weight related disease. People with high BMI are known to be more susceptible to coronary heart disease, cancer, hypertension, and diabetes mellitus. Experts also found that people with increased BMIs have higher incidences of premature death https://www.healthstatus.com/health_blog/body-fat-calculator-2/body-fat-vs-bmi/.
Chan School of Public Health (n.d), since anthropometry tests are inexpensive, easy to measure and have a good relationship with body fat levels. Hills, Mokhtar, Brownie, & Byrne (2014, p. 340), asserted that BMI is not a test of body composition since it does not present any data regarding the corresponding proportions of fat mass and fat-free mass. However, according to Toomey, Cremona, Hughes, Norton, & Jakeman (2015, p. 32), despite the use of a measurement tool, observance to a consistent pretest condition throughout the initial evaluation, and redo assessments is necessary to decrease measurement error. By the same token, Hillier, Beck, Petropoulou, & Clegg (2014, p. 631), emphasizes the different ways to estimate the percent of body fat including its strength and limitations of each measure, but the value of initial result should be consistent, and it has to be duplicated for
7. Body composition is a combination of fat mass and fat-free mass. Body composition comes down to calories, expending more than you’re in taking to lose weight, and in taking more than you’re expending to gain weight. Gaining/losing weight affect body composition. Therefore, the only way to change your body composition is through diet and exercise.