When Normal Isn't Exactly Normal
In my previous post, It's Not All About Weight Anymore explains a little about why you should not be concern about your weight, but concern about your body composition instead.
Here's another reason why you should be concern with body composition. According to a study by the Mayo Clinic, the old belief that you should be healthy if your weight fall in the range of Normal according to the Body Mass Index, isn't exactly true.
Two 23 years old male may have similar weight at 70kg, but one has a body fat level of 15%, while another 22%, the latter has a higher risk of developing cardiovascular diseases due to the high level of body fat. The researchers of the study coined it with the term Normal Weight Obesity. While you may look and appear fit, but your body is actually working like an obese person's body - metabolic syndrome.
So it can be really deceiving to see someone who looks fit, but not exactly fit, thus being a walking time bomb. But then, how do we know if we are really fit? As a general guideline used by fitness professionals, physical fitness consist of 4 components - muscular strength and endurance, cardiovascular capacity, flexibility and body composition.
Lastly, I think the study done by the Mayo Clinic should also suggest people to stay away from slimming centers that makes people look fit and healthy, but actually not.
Here's another reason why you should be concern with body composition. According to a study by the Mayo Clinic, the old belief that you should be healthy if your weight fall in the range of Normal according to the Body Mass Index, isn't exactly true.
Two 23 years old male may have similar weight at 70kg, but one has a body fat level of 15%, while another 22%, the latter has a higher risk of developing cardiovascular diseases due to the high level of body fat. The researchers of the study coined it with the term Normal Weight Obesity. While you may look and appear fit, but your body is actually working like an obese person's body - metabolic syndrome.
So it can be really deceiving to see someone who looks fit, but not exactly fit, thus being a walking time bomb. But then, how do we know if we are really fit? As a general guideline used by fitness professionals, physical fitness consist of 4 components - muscular strength and endurance, cardiovascular capacity, flexibility and body composition.
Lastly, I think the study done by the Mayo Clinic should also suggest people to stay away from slimming centers that makes people look fit and healthy, but actually not.
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