![]() The BMI formula - a simple calculation based on your height and weight - has been around since the mid-1800s, but only in the last few decades has it gained popularity among doctors as a way to estimate a healthy bodyweight and mortality risks. What gives? BMI Is Not a Body-Fat Calculator But the scale hasn’t budged and your body mass index, or BMI, suddenly places you in the overweight category. Your jeans are looser than ever, you’re hearing compliments about your buff arms and you’re seeing muscles in new places. You can even share your data with your friends and family, providing all the support and motivation you need to lose weight and keep it off.Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members! QardioBase is a smart scale and body analyzer that helps make weight management an integral part of everyday life – providing you with accurate measurements of your weight, BMI, body fat, muscle mass, water and bone composition and seamlessly syncing your data to your iOS or Android device. To be regarded as ‘healthy’, men should aim between 5 – 20% and women between 15 – 31%. Luckily, there are several methods available for determining your body fat percentage – including QardioBase, our smart scale and body analyzer which measures your body fat levels and sends them directly to the Qardio app for easy tracking. Monitoring your body fat percentage is essential to tracking progress. A healthy woman of the same age group could have anywhere between 15 and 31% body fat. Generally speaking, the ‘healthy’ range for men ages 20-40 starts as low as 5% and can reach up to 20%. There are numerous factors to take into account when considering this number. Healthy body fat percentageĪ healthy body fat percentage is the ratio of fat to total body weight. This is the opposite of a recurring calorie deficit, which forces the body to use storage fat as energy which then depletes its supply and results in weight loss. When we frequently consume more calories than we need, storage fat accumulates, resulting in weight gain. These are then converted into the triglycerides that make up storage fat. Storage fat is the result of calories that are not used for immediate functions (such as breathing and heart rate). The other type of fat is called storage fat and is the result of consuming too many calories. ![]() Fat is also important to protect our organs and to form the insulation that regulates our internal temperatures. Without essential fat, our bodies would not be able to process nutrients like vitamins A, K, and D, which support our immune systems, help to produce healthy blood and encourage the absorption of calcium. Essential fat is necessary for your body to function healthily. There are two types of body fat: essential and stored. Understanding body fat is important – and to do this we need to understand the biology behind body fat itself.
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