| Being overweight is the result of a disturbance in | | | | of fat tissue but merely serves as a means for |
| metabolism and energy balance. You are in a positive | | | | comparing persons in terms of overweight or |
| energy balance if the amount of energy obtained from | | | | underweight. The BMI value does not distinguish |
| food exceeds the consumption of energy in the basic | | | | between muscular and fat tissue. Thus, a weight-lifter |
| vital functions of the body an din physical activity during | | | | may have a BMI value which indicates obesity although |
| leisure and at work. That is, you are eating more than | | | | the person only as large muscles and little fat tissue. |
| what you are consuming by physical activity. | | | | To make this distinction, the thickness of the skinfolds |
| Although being overweight in itself is not always a | | | | on the trunk and limbs should be measured. The Body |
| health risk, obesity is often associated with various | | | | Mass Index is, however, a reliable means of estimating |
| diseases affecting metabolism, circulation and | | | | a person's relative weight, with the exclusion of |
| locomotive system. Hypertension, hypercholesterolemia | | | | strength-training athletes. |
| and hyperglycemia, coronary artery disease, and knee | | | | This classification is based on follow-up information on |
| and hip osteoarthritis will impair one's functional | | | | weight and weight-associated illnesses gathered over |
| capacity, working ability and quality of life. | | | | a number of years in connection with population |
| Who is overweight? | | | | surveys. |
| Overweight concerns the presence of excessive | | | | The same classification applies to both men and |
| amounts of fat tissue in the body. The most | | | | women. Calculated in this way, a man 170 cm tall will |
| convenient way to determine whether a person is | | | | be normal if he weighs 54-72 kg, moderately |
| overweight is to use the Body Mass Index, BMI. This | | | | overweight at 73-87 kg and significantly overweight if |
| value is obtained by dividing the weight (in kilograms) of | | | | he exceeds 87 kg, while the corresponding figures of |
| the person by the square of the person's height (in | | | | a woman 160 cm tall would be 48-64 kg, 65-77 kg and |
| meters). | | | | over 77 kg. This means that you do not have the |
| BMI = Weight (kg) / (Height x Height (meters)) | | | | figure of a supermodel to stay within the normal |
| For example, a 60-kilogram woman with a height of | | | | weight range considered to bear no risks to your |
| 160 centimeters has a BMI value of: | | | | health. Polar A5 heart rate monitor includes BMI |
| 60 (kg) / (1.6 x 1.6 (meters)) = 23.4 | | | | calculation and interpretation. |
| The body mass index does not describe the amount | | | | |