Body_Composition

Body Composition Interest in health, physical fitness, and awareness of the relationship between body weight and health has increased among the general population, leading to more participation in fitness and health programs. Normal levels of body fat range from 14 to 19 percent in adult men and from 20 to 24 percent in women aged 20 to 60 years old. Obesity, which is defined as an above-average proportion of body fat, has been linked to cardiovascular disorders, diabetes, and some cancers. There are several techniques used to determine body composition including body mass index and underwater weighing. There are a variety of different ways of combining weight and height to estimate body fatness, but the most common is to divide the weight and in kilograms, by the height in meters multiplied by itself. This is called the body mass index or BMI. The body mass index is a simple but adequate andthropometric index of adult nutritional status for use in populations. On the scale, people with an index over 25 and less than 30 are said to be overweight, and people with an index over 30 are defined as obese (Speakman, 2001). Researchers found a 5% increase in body, bmi, mass, volume, index, mortality, fat, tissue, weight, water, risk, residual, composition, women, weighing, underwater, method, journal, increase, height, air, 30, 25, technique, obesity, obese, men, lungs, lean, insurance, heart, health, fatness, during, density