Body Fat

Body Fat and Eating Disorder

Body composition is used to describe the percentage of fat, bone, and muscle in the body. Muscle tissue takes up less space than the body fat tissue, body composition and out weight determines leanness. For example two people that are the same height and body weight can look completely different from each other because of the body composition. Body composition is also body fat percentage this can be measusared in different ways. The most common way is using calipers to measure the thickness of fat in multiple places on the body. Includes the abdominal area, arms. Thighs and buttocks, this measurements are used to estimate total body fat. Either having too little body fat or too much body fat both have risk. Some risks of having too little body fat are linked to having problems with normal, healthy functions in both men and women. This can also lead to reproduction problems in women. Having too much body fat increases the risk of many diseases, including type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, stoke, heart disease, and even some cancers. When this located around the abdomen is even more risk to get the above problems.

There are three eating disorders that are obesity, anorexia, and bulimia. Each of this eating disorders and dangerous to the body and in many cases this can lead to death. Eating disorders affect up to 70 million people worldwide and 50,000 die because of this disease. Obesity is when your body weight is high due to excessive accumulation of fat. This can be because over eating and lack of exercise, people believe that obese individuals are emotionally disturbed but they deal with immense social pressures. Body fat is said to be unhealthy but some fat can be good for you. Obesity is treatable, some treatments included diet limiting fat calories, exercise, and emotional support .

Anorexia nervosa is a disease that causes people to become too skinny. This illness usually is seen in teenage girls. People that...