BODY FAT - CALORIC INTAKE - METABOLISM

Body fat is a major concern of many people. And rightly so, the amount of body fat we possess gives a good indication of our level of health, and can give us what we need to have as goals for weight loss and maintenance.

Your body fat is quite simply a measurement, in percentage of your overall weight, that your body has of stored fat. It can also allow you to calculate the weight of the fat stored on your body.

Nowadays, the Body Mass Index is the preferred form of measuring your level of weight versus body type, to discover if you are overweight. Body Fat is a similar type of calculator, however it is more concerned with giving you a measure more direct than simply the scale. When you step on the scale, you are only measuring your overall weight. This does not differentiate from muscle, bone, water, organs, etc. On a weight table, a bodybuilder would appear overweight for their height, however on a body fat scale, they would be considered quite healthy.

Therefore, the body fat reading for an individual can tell you much more in regards to how healthy that person's weight really is.

 

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