Maham
December 14, 2010, 7:24pm
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Re: Fat and cute.
Ok lets address the BMI issue. First of all BMI is not total garbage. It is an excellent first measure and is used when conducting nutrition assessment. Along with BMI there are other measures used such as waist circumference, body frame, the activity level of person is taken into account as well. BMI tells if the body mass (overall wt) is in the health range for ht after taking into account other factors. This does not mean the person has the recommended and safe percent body fat. To determine this one needs to get a boielectrical impedance analysis. There are different methods to do this. It measures percent body fat and total body water, which in turn is used to determine muscle mass. Maham is also correct in saying that if along with healthy BMI the percent body fat is within healthy/recommended range he/she would be a healthy person. Now I wouldn’t go as far as saying they will be toned with no flab because to reach low percent body fat and high muscle mass one needs to take part in resistance and wt training.
Now the general population has the belief that BMI tells all when in fact it doesn’t and in health care settings BMI is not used alone. So health care professionals realize the shortcoming of BMI and use other measures as well.
Happy BMI calculating everyone
You are rite. Btw when i said that with a good fat level and a good mass level it wud mean you are not flabby, i ofcourse didnt mean that you can get that status without resistance weight training. That wouldnt be possible ofcourse. And most definately other measures like waist circumference, body frame, the activity level of person help get a better idea of the overall body health.