How To Accurately Assess Your Level of Body Fat

Body fat resides in many locations in your body, including below the skin, inside the abdomen, and even within our muscles and organs. Because it is relatively in accessible, othe than the inch or so you can pinch on your belly, it is nearly impossible to measure all of it accurately. It is for this reason, in clinical practices, most doctors use a formula that combines a person’s height and weight because the theory is that most of the variations in weight for people of the same height is usually due to body fat. The formula is called Body Mass Index or BMI

The World Health Organization has given the following guidelines for the body mass index:
healthy weight = 18.95 to 24.9
overweight = 25 to 29.9
class I obesity = 30 to 34.9
class II obesity = 35 to 39.9
class III obesity = 40 and above

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You have to consider that BMI ranges are not exact ranges of healthy and unhealthy weight, they are just guidelines. BMI does not show difference between excess fat and mucle weight. It helps predict the development of future health problems related to the excess weight.

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