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Our bodies are complex
organism made up of many tissues that
change as our body
develops, matures
and ages.
It is important to
know how these body compartments may be effected by age, gender
and ethnicity.
Body Composition and not just body weight is an important indicator of
one’s
health and physical fitness. To have basic
knowledge of Body
Composition
is essential in many fields including Health and Medicine,
Nutrition, Exercise
Science,
human performance and other biological
sciences.
Nutritional statistics, charting the course of diseases from diagnosis to
recovery, growth and development, ageing and
conditions of physical work
are areas in which measurement of Body Composition can enhance
and
add to understanding of the physiological process and aid in the treatment
of
diseases like
obesity, anorexia and cystic fibrosis.
Scientific research has clearly shown that obesity increases one’s risk of
developing Diabetes,
Arthritis, Cancer, Strokes and many other related
illnesses. On the other hand, too little body fat
also poses a health
risk.
Our body needs a certain amount of fat for normal daily function.
Most professionals such as Practitioners, Researchers, Clinicians and
others in health and
fitness all require information
such as body fat and
lean mass additional to height and weight.
In other areas,
physicians may be interested in specific
information about fluid
compartments,
body cell mass or bone mineral density. All this information is part of a thorough
understanding
of body assessment.
The three main components of the human body make up are Muscle, Fat and
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