Chapter 7 - Body Composition 
Basics
Coming Up.. 
• Understand basic composition 
• factors that influence your body 
composition 
• relationship between body 
composition and health 
• Body Comp Measurements
6packs are Just a Shortcut 
Away Right?
Guess the Weight in each 
photo
Basics of Body 
Composition 
• Body composition 
• The relative proportions of different types of body 
tissues (all tissues) 
• Fat 
• Fat-free mass 
• muscle, bone, organs, fluids 
• Percent body fat is the measure most often used to 
define and evaluate body composition
Basics of Body 
Composition (continued) 
• Storage fat 
• Visceral fat 
• Found deep within the abdominal cavity 
• Surrounds internal organs 
• Subcutaneous fat 
• Found just beneath the skin 
• Insulates the body and regulates temperature
Basics of Body 
Composition (continued) 
• Essential fat 
• 8-12 % in females and 3-5 % in males 
• Necessary for normal body function 
• Found in the central nervous system, bone marrow, 
and other organs 
• Surrounds nerve fibers in the brain allowing for the 
transmission of messages 
• Key component of cell membranes 
• Important in healthy hormone production
What Do you think each 
Body Fat is in this Picture?
Well..
Compare
Fig 7-1 Body composition of young adults 
(ages 20-24)
Fig 7-2 Visceral and subcutaneous fat in 
the abdomen 
.
Basics of Body 
Composition (continued) 
• Metabolism 
• A processes that requires energy (calories from foods) and 
maintains body functioning. 
• Energy balance
Metabolism is… 
• The amount of energy your body requires depends on 
three criteria: 
1. Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR) 
• (AKA basil metabolic rate) 
1. Dietary thermogenesis 
2. Physical activity
Basics of Body 
Composition (continued) 
• RMR 
• Energy required to maintain essential body processes 
at rest 
• Depends on genetics, body size, and body 
composition 
• Muscle is more metabolically active than fat 
• Resistance training increases RMR
Basics of Body 
Composition (continued) 
• Dietary thermogenesis 
• The energy required to digest and process food 
• Protein burns more calories than carbs to diegest 
because it takes more calories to break it down and 
convert it to glucose!
Example 
• FRED and BILL both weigh 200lbs and have a BMR of 
3,500 kcal a day. They both want to lose weight. 
• Fred eats 2,500 kcal or protein, 450 fat, and 50carbs 
• Bills eats 1,500kcal protein, 400 carbs, and 100 fat 
• Who do you think will drop more lbs.
Basics of Body 
Composition (continued) 
• Physical activity 
• Energy expended in daily living as well as formal 
exercise
Carmen Question: Spot 
Reduction 
• Question: “In the book it said, “it is impossible to target 
one area for fat burning. You can strengthen the muscles in 
a particular area of your body through exercise, but such 
workouts will not reduce fat from specific area” but if you 
are building muscle in an area aren’t you reducing fat in 
that area to make room for the new muscle? “ 
• Answer: Muscle and fat are different types of tissue, they 
can both grow and they can both reduce simultaneously . 
One can also grow while the other can reduce… 
• Examples…
Basics of Body 
Composition (continued) 
• How do we get fat? 
• 3,500 calories is the equivalent of a pound of body weight 
• Most fat is stored in fat deposits, which are about 80 
percent fat and 20 percent support cells, immune cells, 
and blood vessels. 
• If you gain weight as fat, these fat cells enlarge, storing 
more fat. If you lose body fat, your fat cells shrink
Basics of Body 
Composition (continued) 
• Overweight 
• Overweight is excessive weight for height and does 
not consider body composition 
• Based on large-scale population studies 
• Potential issues?
Basics of Body 
Composition (continued) 
• Obesity 
• Higher degree of overweight, characterized by 
excessive body fat; obesity may also be defined by 
body weight or a related measure 
• The prevalence of obesity among Americans has 
increased significantly, particularly in the 1980s 
• 70 percent of Americans are overweight or obese..
Fig 7-4 Average percent of body fat by 
age and gender
Factors Affecting 
Body Composition 
(continued) 
• Gender 
• Age 
• Genetics 
• Lifestyle 
• Sleep 
• Diet 
• GENDER AND AGE??? 
• Apple/pear paradox 
• Hormones
Figure 7-5 Body-fat 
distribution
Carmen Question 
“Why does eating too little and burning excess calories 
through exercise not cause your body fat percentage to 
decrease, but instead decreases your lean muscle mass? I 
thought that when the body was in distress due to not 
enough calorie consumption the excess fat was the first type 
of tissue that gets consumed. “
Carmen Question 
• “While reading over the chapter, calories and weight were 
talked about frequently. Well, I know when anyone tries to 
lose weight they stay away from eating bad calories like 
candy and chips, even though they crave it. My question 
is….are “cheat” days really okay to do? I know it won’t 
affect your weight too much if you are consistently 
working out and lifting, but say you just ate awful for a 
whole day…what affect would that have on your body, or 
does it depend on the person?”
Answer 
Muscle tissue burns 7 to 10 calories per pound per day. 
Fat burns 2-3 calories per day per lb 
if you replace a pound of fat with a pound of muscle, you 
can expect to burn only approximately 6-4 more calories a 
day 
That's 450-900 more calories burned per month, or 
5,400-10,800 more calories burned in a year— 
that's about a 3-pounds per lb of muscle replacing 
fat!
Obesity Paradox 
• Component of health-related fitness 
• Some fat is healthy 
• Maintaining an appropriate level of body fat is vital to a 
healthy, longer life
Body Composition and 
Wellness (continued) 
• Problems associated with excess body fat 
• Cardiovascular disease 
• High blood pressure and fat in the blood 
• Type 2 diabetes 
• There is a direct relationship between excess body 
fat and type 2 diabetes 
• Cancer 
• Increase risk of cancer of the breast, prostate, 
colon, pancreas, esophagus, endometrium, and 
kidney
Assessing Body 
Composition 
• It is hard to define ideal weight 
• Consider body composition 
• Ideal weight 
• Percent fat better than scale weight 
• BMI 
• Weight (kg)/Height2 (m) 
• BMI does not take into account 
muscle mass 
• An Indirect Measure of Body 
Fat
Carmen Question 
• “Genetic factors significantly contribute to body 
composition, how much does environmental factors 
contribute to body composition and what is rate that 
children deviate from how their parents behave in regards 
to fitness?”
Body Composition and 
Wellness (continued) 
• Factors that can make a difference 
• Body fat distribution 
• Visceral or abdominal fat increases the risk of chronic 
disease 
• Other health risk factors 
• Additional risk factors 
• Lifestyle 
• Obese people spend a greater portion of their life with 
disabilities
Carmen Questions 
• Body Composition Question: 
• I am a pretty fit individual. While I would say I am slightly 
overweight, I am still very active in strength training, 
cardio, five intramural sports/ semester, etc. My BMI still 
comes out to be 28.4ish. This means I am on the threshold 
of being high risk- obese. When do tests like these provide 
incorrect results? Is there a better test I should use?
Carmen Question: Body 
Comp Testing 
• Who can do this: 
• ANYONE!!! There is no right time to do this. 
• You can even get it done for free at the bottom floor of the 
PAES building in the exercise science department! 
• Is it accurate? Let’s see…
What do you think is the most appropriate 
measurement for your group’s goal?
Measure Body Fat 
Percentage #5: DEXA 
S• cUpasnide 
• Very accurate 
• Downside 
• Expensive: Around 
$250 
• Not repeatable 
(unless you don’t 
mind spending 
$250 every couple 
weeks)
Measure Body Fat Percentage 
#4: Hydrostatic Weighing 
• Upside 
• Very accurate, 
considered Gold 
Standard 
• Downside 
• Impractical 
• Expensive 
• Not repeatable (unless 
you liked repeatedly 
getting dunked in a 
tank and spending 
$150)
Measure Body Fat Percentage 
#3: Anthropometric 
• Upside 
• Easy to Administer 
• Cheap 
• Downside 
• Questionable 
Accuracy (Body fat 
is not directly 
measured)
Measure Body Fat Percentage 
#2: Bioelectric Impedance 
Analysis 
• Upside 
• Very easy to administer 
• Inexpensive (most 
weight scales around 
$50 or even less have 
BIA) 
• Downside 
• Questionable Accuracy 
• Variability of results 
dependent on 
hydration level
Measure Body Fat Percentage 
#1: Skin Fold Caliper 
• Upside 
• Accurate 
• Dependable (when skilled at 
measuring) 
• Repeatable 
• Downside 
• Variability of measurement 
(same exact spot needs to used 
each time) 
• More than one-site test 
requires a skilled fitness 
professional (I’ve done these 
thousands of times!) 
• For people 35+ pounds 
overweight, fat may not fit 
within caliper, so it’s less 
accurate
Carmen Question: activity 
and body fat 
• Question 
• “Is high-intensity exercise better than low-intensity exercise 
for fat loss?” 
• “Is aerobic exercise better than resistance exercise for fat 
loss?” 
• 
• “How does body fat affect gaining muscle? Does having 
more body fat increase the ability to gain muscle?” 
• Answer: get out your note pads!
Table 7-2 Body mass index (bmi) 
classification and disease risk
Table 7-4 Approximate 
calorie costs of selected 
physical activities
Female Triad 
• Problems associated with too little body fat 
• Female athlete triad 
• Energy availability 
• Menstruation 
• Amenorrhea 
• Bone health
Figure 7-6 The female 
athlete triad
Body Composition and Wellness 
(continued) 
• Body composition and athletic performance 
• Many factors beyond body composition determine 
performance 
• All being equal, a decreased level of body fat (that is still in the 
healthy range) might improve your performance and reduce 
your susceptibility to performance-related injuries 
• There is no ideal percent body fat for each sport 
• Or is there?
Body Composition and Wellness 
(continued) 
• Body composition, body Image, and emotional wellness 
• Body image—a mental picture of your own body 
• Body dysmorphic disorder—preoccupation with imagined 
defect in appearance 
• Muscle dysmorphia—obsessed with idea that being muscular 
isn’t enough
Body Composition and 
Wellness (continued) 
• How do you feel about the social media pressures 
to be thin or very muscular?
Figure 7-7 Average young 
women versus fashion models 
and Miss America (1920s-2000s)
Fat Facts 
• 1. Fat has dif ferent 
colors. 
• When you think of fat, you 
most likely think of the 
white stuff on your tummy, 
hips and thighs that stores 
energy until you need it. 
• there's also brown fat, more 
prevalent in newborns that 
helps them keep body 
temperatures stable without 
shivering.
Fat Facts 
• 2. Not everybody has 
brown fat. 
• However, brown fat is limited in 
obese individuals 
• adults have about 50 grams of 
brown fat that can burn energy 
equal to roughly 10 pounds of 
white fat a year. 
• people start losing brown fat in 
their late 40s and early 50s, 
and he suspects this could be 
related to age-related obesity. 
•
Fat Facts 
• 3. Fat keeps us warm, and not 
just by insulating us. 
• All fat cells -- not just brown ones -- 
can sense temperature directly, and 
they respond to cold by releasing 
their energy as heat 
• 4. Exercise could change the 
behavior of your fat cells' DNA. 
• The amount of fat your body carries 
is partly determined by genetics, but 
exercise could play a role in switching 
on or off certain genes that have to 
do with fat storage. 
• six-month regimen of spinning or 
aerobics classes twice a week. At the 
end of the six months, the men had 
dropped weight and were healthier. 
But many of the genes in their fat 
cells had also been altered, some 
having to do with fat storage and the 
risks for developing obesity or 
diabetes.
Fat Facts 
5. Not all fat cells are 
created equal. 
• Some obese people are metabolically 
healthy, while others have metabolic 
diseases such as diabetes, high blood 
pressure and high cholesterol levels 
and it turns out you can see the 
• fat cells of unhealthy obese people 
swell and lead to inflammation and 
fat storage on organs like the liver 
and heart. 
• The fat cells in healthy obese people, 
are smaller and make new fat cells 
when more fat needs to be stored. 
Healthy v. Unhealthy
Pause, Carmen Question! 
• “If a lack of sleep increases body fat, specifically abdomen 
adipose tissue, can insomnia have even more drastic effects 
on fat accumulation across the entire body? I ask because I 
do have insomnia and I have had an increase in body fat 
over the past year. “
Fat Facts 
• 6. Fat cells need sleep, 
too. 
• If you skimp on sleep, you 
might be hurting your body 
fat's ability to respond to 
insulin= Insulin resistant! 
• 8.5 hours in bed for four 
consecutive nights switched to 
4.5 hours in bed for four 
consecutive nights with idential 
food intake (study) 
• After four nights of short 
sleeping sessions, the fat cells' 
insulin sensitivity had decreased 
by 30 percent
Fat Facts 
• 7. APPLES V PEARS. 
• Love handles, flabby forearms and 
double-chins; while these visible (and 
grab-able) signs of excess fat can be 
troubling, it's the visceral fat, or fat 
you can't see, that should be of more 
concern. 
• Fat right under the skin, or 
subcutaneous fat, acts as our 
insulator and cushion in addition to 
an energy storage unit. 
• APPLE 
• visceral fat, which is embedded deep 
within the abdomen, fills in the 
spaces between our organs and 
pumps out chemicals that can 
increase the risk of cardiovascular 
disease, hypertension and diabetes 
• PEAR

Body comp ch 7

  • 1.
    Chapter 7 -Body Composition Basics
  • 2.
    Coming Up.. •Understand basic composition • factors that influence your body composition • relationship between body composition and health • Body Comp Measurements
  • 3.
    6packs are Justa Shortcut Away Right?
  • 4.
    Guess the Weightin each photo
  • 5.
    Basics of Body Composition • Body composition • The relative proportions of different types of body tissues (all tissues) • Fat • Fat-free mass • muscle, bone, organs, fluids • Percent body fat is the measure most often used to define and evaluate body composition
  • 6.
    Basics of Body Composition (continued) • Storage fat • Visceral fat • Found deep within the abdominal cavity • Surrounds internal organs • Subcutaneous fat • Found just beneath the skin • Insulates the body and regulates temperature
  • 7.
    Basics of Body Composition (continued) • Essential fat • 8-12 % in females and 3-5 % in males • Necessary for normal body function • Found in the central nervous system, bone marrow, and other organs • Surrounds nerve fibers in the brain allowing for the transmission of messages • Key component of cell membranes • Important in healthy hormone production
  • 8.
    What Do youthink each Body Fat is in this Picture?
  • 9.
  • 10.
  • 11.
    Fig 7-1 Bodycomposition of young adults (ages 20-24)
  • 12.
    Fig 7-2 Visceraland subcutaneous fat in the abdomen .
  • 13.
    Basics of Body Composition (continued) • Metabolism • A processes that requires energy (calories from foods) and maintains body functioning. • Energy balance
  • 14.
    Metabolism is… •The amount of energy your body requires depends on three criteria: 1. Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR) • (AKA basil metabolic rate) 1. Dietary thermogenesis 2. Physical activity
  • 15.
    Basics of Body Composition (continued) • RMR • Energy required to maintain essential body processes at rest • Depends on genetics, body size, and body composition • Muscle is more metabolically active than fat • Resistance training increases RMR
  • 16.
    Basics of Body Composition (continued) • Dietary thermogenesis • The energy required to digest and process food • Protein burns more calories than carbs to diegest because it takes more calories to break it down and convert it to glucose!
  • 17.
    Example • FREDand BILL both weigh 200lbs and have a BMR of 3,500 kcal a day. They both want to lose weight. • Fred eats 2,500 kcal or protein, 450 fat, and 50carbs • Bills eats 1,500kcal protein, 400 carbs, and 100 fat • Who do you think will drop more lbs.
  • 18.
    Basics of Body Composition (continued) • Physical activity • Energy expended in daily living as well as formal exercise
  • 19.
    Carmen Question: Spot Reduction • Question: “In the book it said, “it is impossible to target one area for fat burning. You can strengthen the muscles in a particular area of your body through exercise, but such workouts will not reduce fat from specific area” but if you are building muscle in an area aren’t you reducing fat in that area to make room for the new muscle? “ • Answer: Muscle and fat are different types of tissue, they can both grow and they can both reduce simultaneously . One can also grow while the other can reduce… • Examples…
  • 20.
    Basics of Body Composition (continued) • How do we get fat? • 3,500 calories is the equivalent of a pound of body weight • Most fat is stored in fat deposits, which are about 80 percent fat and 20 percent support cells, immune cells, and blood vessels. • If you gain weight as fat, these fat cells enlarge, storing more fat. If you lose body fat, your fat cells shrink
  • 21.
    Basics of Body Composition (continued) • Overweight • Overweight is excessive weight for height and does not consider body composition • Based on large-scale population studies • Potential issues?
  • 22.
    Basics of Body Composition (continued) • Obesity • Higher degree of overweight, characterized by excessive body fat; obesity may also be defined by body weight or a related measure • The prevalence of obesity among Americans has increased significantly, particularly in the 1980s • 70 percent of Americans are overweight or obese..
  • 23.
    Fig 7-4 Averagepercent of body fat by age and gender
  • 24.
    Factors Affecting BodyComposition (continued) • Gender • Age • Genetics • Lifestyle • Sleep • Diet • GENDER AND AGE??? • Apple/pear paradox • Hormones
  • 25.
    Figure 7-5 Body-fat distribution
  • 26.
    Carmen Question “Whydoes eating too little and burning excess calories through exercise not cause your body fat percentage to decrease, but instead decreases your lean muscle mass? I thought that when the body was in distress due to not enough calorie consumption the excess fat was the first type of tissue that gets consumed. “
  • 27.
    Carmen Question •“While reading over the chapter, calories and weight were talked about frequently. Well, I know when anyone tries to lose weight they stay away from eating bad calories like candy and chips, even though they crave it. My question is….are “cheat” days really okay to do? I know it won’t affect your weight too much if you are consistently working out and lifting, but say you just ate awful for a whole day…what affect would that have on your body, or does it depend on the person?”
  • 28.
    Answer Muscle tissueburns 7 to 10 calories per pound per day. Fat burns 2-3 calories per day per lb if you replace a pound of fat with a pound of muscle, you can expect to burn only approximately 6-4 more calories a day That's 450-900 more calories burned per month, or 5,400-10,800 more calories burned in a year— that's about a 3-pounds per lb of muscle replacing fat!
  • 29.
    Obesity Paradox •Component of health-related fitness • Some fat is healthy • Maintaining an appropriate level of body fat is vital to a healthy, longer life
  • 30.
    Body Composition and Wellness (continued) • Problems associated with excess body fat • Cardiovascular disease • High blood pressure and fat in the blood • Type 2 diabetes • There is a direct relationship between excess body fat and type 2 diabetes • Cancer • Increase risk of cancer of the breast, prostate, colon, pancreas, esophagus, endometrium, and kidney
  • 31.
    Assessing Body Composition • It is hard to define ideal weight • Consider body composition • Ideal weight • Percent fat better than scale weight • BMI • Weight (kg)/Height2 (m) • BMI does not take into account muscle mass • An Indirect Measure of Body Fat
  • 32.
    Carmen Question •“Genetic factors significantly contribute to body composition, how much does environmental factors contribute to body composition and what is rate that children deviate from how their parents behave in regards to fitness?”
  • 33.
    Body Composition and Wellness (continued) • Factors that can make a difference • Body fat distribution • Visceral or abdominal fat increases the risk of chronic disease • Other health risk factors • Additional risk factors • Lifestyle • Obese people spend a greater portion of their life with disabilities
  • 34.
    Carmen Questions •Body Composition Question: • I am a pretty fit individual. While I would say I am slightly overweight, I am still very active in strength training, cardio, five intramural sports/ semester, etc. My BMI still comes out to be 28.4ish. This means I am on the threshold of being high risk- obese. When do tests like these provide incorrect results? Is there a better test I should use?
  • 35.
    Carmen Question: Body Comp Testing • Who can do this: • ANYONE!!! There is no right time to do this. • You can even get it done for free at the bottom floor of the PAES building in the exercise science department! • Is it accurate? Let’s see…
  • 36.
    What do youthink is the most appropriate measurement for your group’s goal?
  • 37.
    Measure Body Fat Percentage #5: DEXA S• cUpasnide • Very accurate • Downside • Expensive: Around $250 • Not repeatable (unless you don’t mind spending $250 every couple weeks)
  • 38.
    Measure Body FatPercentage #4: Hydrostatic Weighing • Upside • Very accurate, considered Gold Standard • Downside • Impractical • Expensive • Not repeatable (unless you liked repeatedly getting dunked in a tank and spending $150)
  • 39.
    Measure Body FatPercentage #3: Anthropometric • Upside • Easy to Administer • Cheap • Downside • Questionable Accuracy (Body fat is not directly measured)
  • 40.
    Measure Body FatPercentage #2: Bioelectric Impedance Analysis • Upside • Very easy to administer • Inexpensive (most weight scales around $50 or even less have BIA) • Downside • Questionable Accuracy • Variability of results dependent on hydration level
  • 41.
    Measure Body FatPercentage #1: Skin Fold Caliper • Upside • Accurate • Dependable (when skilled at measuring) • Repeatable • Downside • Variability of measurement (same exact spot needs to used each time) • More than one-site test requires a skilled fitness professional (I’ve done these thousands of times!) • For people 35+ pounds overweight, fat may not fit within caliper, so it’s less accurate
  • 42.
    Carmen Question: activity and body fat • Question • “Is high-intensity exercise better than low-intensity exercise for fat loss?” • “Is aerobic exercise better than resistance exercise for fat loss?” • • “How does body fat affect gaining muscle? Does having more body fat increase the ability to gain muscle?” • Answer: get out your note pads!
  • 43.
    Table 7-2 Bodymass index (bmi) classification and disease risk
  • 44.
    Table 7-4 Approximate calorie costs of selected physical activities
  • 45.
    Female Triad •Problems associated with too little body fat • Female athlete triad • Energy availability • Menstruation • Amenorrhea • Bone health
  • 46.
    Figure 7-6 Thefemale athlete triad
  • 47.
    Body Composition andWellness (continued) • Body composition and athletic performance • Many factors beyond body composition determine performance • All being equal, a decreased level of body fat (that is still in the healthy range) might improve your performance and reduce your susceptibility to performance-related injuries • There is no ideal percent body fat for each sport • Or is there?
  • 48.
    Body Composition andWellness (continued) • Body composition, body Image, and emotional wellness • Body image—a mental picture of your own body • Body dysmorphic disorder—preoccupation with imagined defect in appearance • Muscle dysmorphia—obsessed with idea that being muscular isn’t enough
  • 49.
    Body Composition and Wellness (continued) • How do you feel about the social media pressures to be thin or very muscular?
  • 50.
    Figure 7-7 Averageyoung women versus fashion models and Miss America (1920s-2000s)
  • 51.
    Fat Facts •1. Fat has dif ferent colors. • When you think of fat, you most likely think of the white stuff on your tummy, hips and thighs that stores energy until you need it. • there's also brown fat, more prevalent in newborns that helps them keep body temperatures stable without shivering.
  • 52.
    Fat Facts •2. Not everybody has brown fat. • However, brown fat is limited in obese individuals • adults have about 50 grams of brown fat that can burn energy equal to roughly 10 pounds of white fat a year. • people start losing brown fat in their late 40s and early 50s, and he suspects this could be related to age-related obesity. •
  • 53.
    Fat Facts •3. Fat keeps us warm, and not just by insulating us. • All fat cells -- not just brown ones -- can sense temperature directly, and they respond to cold by releasing their energy as heat • 4. Exercise could change the behavior of your fat cells' DNA. • The amount of fat your body carries is partly determined by genetics, but exercise could play a role in switching on or off certain genes that have to do with fat storage. • six-month regimen of spinning or aerobics classes twice a week. At the end of the six months, the men had dropped weight and were healthier. But many of the genes in their fat cells had also been altered, some having to do with fat storage and the risks for developing obesity or diabetes.
  • 54.
    Fat Facts 5.Not all fat cells are created equal. • Some obese people are metabolically healthy, while others have metabolic diseases such as diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol levels and it turns out you can see the • fat cells of unhealthy obese people swell and lead to inflammation and fat storage on organs like the liver and heart. • The fat cells in healthy obese people, are smaller and make new fat cells when more fat needs to be stored. Healthy v. Unhealthy
  • 55.
    Pause, Carmen Question! • “If a lack of sleep increases body fat, specifically abdomen adipose tissue, can insomnia have even more drastic effects on fat accumulation across the entire body? I ask because I do have insomnia and I have had an increase in body fat over the past year. “
  • 56.
    Fat Facts •6. Fat cells need sleep, too. • If you skimp on sleep, you might be hurting your body fat's ability to respond to insulin= Insulin resistant! • 8.5 hours in bed for four consecutive nights switched to 4.5 hours in bed for four consecutive nights with idential food intake (study) • After four nights of short sleeping sessions, the fat cells' insulin sensitivity had decreased by 30 percent
  • 57.
    Fat Facts •7. APPLES V PEARS. • Love handles, flabby forearms and double-chins; while these visible (and grab-able) signs of excess fat can be troubling, it's the visceral fat, or fat you can't see, that should be of more concern. • Fat right under the skin, or subcutaneous fat, acts as our insulator and cushion in addition to an energy storage unit. • APPLE • visceral fat, which is embedded deep within the abdomen, fills in the spaces between our organs and pumps out chemicals that can increase the risk of cardiovascular disease, hypertension and diabetes • PEAR

Editor's Notes

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