How do you measure obesity

How do you measure obesity

Overweight or obese is a word widespread is being circulated through the people in the meetings and conversations in transit, it has the reader notes that he listened too much to the phrases so and so fleshy or so and so suffers from obesity without that there is a mismatch between the sizes of the two or fit with each other leaving a gap in realize the true meaning of obesity or increase Azwn. It is worth mentioning that there is a big difference between obesity and obesity where obesity is not a negative phenomenon, it means increased muscle mass in the human body and is a positive thing especially among males and the most famous people who suffer obesity players bodybuilders around the world. And obesity are displayed weight gain disproportionate with the body shape of what makes a person vulnerable to criticism and embarrassment of appearing to society and can be seen obesity in the event of the emergence of the abdomen forward - the rumen - or increase the amount of fat in the buttocks area in a side - become buttocks view of Ketvin- or the emergence of the rear of the back are remarkable and unnatural. And doctors and nutrition experts have worked to identify several methods that can be followed to see if the body is obese, and the severity of the health situation posed by obesity. And the most prominent roads, the most widely used and popular style body Body Mass Mass Index is calculated and is based on the accurate measurement of body weight and height and then start calculations on the two values ​​to get to the final figure is comparable to the tables that determine whether a person is suffering obesity or not .

How to tell obesity through BMI is calculated

1. Perform the measurement of body weight and length, taking into account that the measurement be as accurate as possible. 2-Alsntimir about the length of the meter If the I am 164 centimeters becomes 1.64. 3. Multiply the length by himself (1.64 × 1.64) = 2.69 4- Divide the weight on the output of squaring the length - to impose the weight 78 kg - the equation becomes 78 / 2.69 = 29 5. Compare the number that appeared to have the following standard values: 18.5 and below the thinnest and weight less than the normal 6.18 to 9.24 weight within the normal rates of 25 - 29.9 increase in the possible disposal of weight and simple food diet 30 - 34.9 increase in weight can be considered a person fat 35 - 39.9 increase excessively in weight 40 - 49.9 a very large increase in weight a qualified person for gastric banding procedures to reduce body weight 50 and older qualified person for the gastric balloon for the purposes of reducing body weight

 ؟Can you adopt your waist measurement

The importance of measuring waist circumference of the importance of the existing members of the abdominal area it contains a large number of members of the digestive system and glands as well as the kidneys, liver, and spleen, which significantly affect the performance of the functions of the body and is the accumulation of fat in the area, referring to the start of serious diseases such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease. And scientists indicates that the body resorts to the accumulation of fat in the abdominal area when the food and energy received by the body is greater than the body needs, which puts it in the daily operations of the means to contain this region a greater amount of body fat compared to the other, which makes it way reliable to determine the amount of fat in the body, or at least determine that the person began to suffer from obesity or not. And knock waist circumference measurement has evolved with an additional measure of proportionality between the waist and pelvis where the measurement of the circumference Alihus - buttocks - in the view area and the most prominent of them and from then dividing waist circumference to hip circumference where you must keep the men to number less than 1 in this equation and women maintain a number less than 0.8.

Other ways to measure obesity (defined by body fat percentage)

Varied ways of measuring obesity specialists where obesity can be measured based on the experience of physical methods, and laboratory and including:

Measurement of body weight in water

This method is based on the Archimedes Base - Greek physicist - about the weight of the body out of the water and weighed into the water, which was able to infer the density of the body and of which knowledge proportion of fat in the body, depending on the difference in fat density of the bones and muscles.

Measuring the skin thickness

This method relies on the use of device called signals on the areas of knowledge its proximity to the large amounts of fat and then measuring the skin thickness in those areas - because 50% of the fat in the body accumulate under the skin - and thus give this method a better information about the amount of fat in the body

Near-infrared

In this way, it is launching infrared muscle to the humerus - arm muscle is the most prominent among the athletes - and is calculated absorbed quantities of them, which indicate the presence of fat, and to assess the proportion of fat in the body.

Measuring the average density of the body

And is a method of body density is calculated in relation to its size through the use of mathematical and physical rates depend on the values ​​shine X-rays on the body. There are many laboratory methods used by professionals to get to the real values ​​on the amounts of fat in the body, but it is difficult to prepare and the calculation and require specialists and equipment to carry out as it is characterized by relatively high cost. For more information, we advise you to watch the video speaks of Dr. Firas Al Yousuf Consultant General Surgery and endoscope for morbid obesity.