Section 2: The Right Weight for You

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Section 2 The Right Weight for You
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Introduction

• Weight depends on bones, muscles, fat, fluids,
  and tissues
• Food energy is mostly stored in fat

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Measuring Body Fatness

• body fatness is NOT the same as body weight
• Body fat can be measured by using a fatfold
  caliper
• Done by
• Pinching below shoulder blade, back of arm, side
  of waist
• Measuring how much skin is in pinch
• What are quick ways to measure body fatness?
• How does body fat differ from body weight

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Scale Weight

• High weight doesnt always mean high fat
• Muscle weighs more than fat
• A person with very little fat, but high muscle
  content weighs MORE than a person with just high
  fat content.
• Height-weight tables are useless because they
  list facts of adults over the age of 25.

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Section 2 Review