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3: BEWARE…FAT KILLS!
Just what does obesity mean to you? Obesity is simply excessive storage of fat
in the body. It is fat you don’t need. Body fat can be measured to determine
the amount that is present in the body and from those measurements it is possible
to distinguish what is normal and what is not for a particular body structure.
One of the first methods to determine body fat and arrive at an acceptable ideal
weight was a method designed by Metropolitan Life Insurance in the 1980's. Unfortunately,
this table did not take into account the weight and height differences between
ethnicities and countries. Today better measurement for Obesity is the current
method known as the Body Mass Index or BMI. |
