B. Understanding the resulting items
Body fat and muscles change when you exercise or control your diet for weight management.
Therefore, when a weight control program is implemented, InBody tests can continuously
monitor body fat and muscle changes and ensure that body components are changing correctly.
ㆍWeight : The weight of the whole body, that is, the sum of the body's components.
ㆍBody fat rate: The ratio of body fat to body weight may differ even if the weight is the same.
Therefore, the body fat rate calculated by body composition analysis is an essential factor in
determining obesity. The standard range is 10 to 20 percent for men and 18 to 28 percent for
women. Children under the age of 18 have different standard body fat rates depending on
gender and height.
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2.George A. Bray, MD. Contemporary Diagnosis and Management of Obesity. P.13, 1998.
3.L.Kathleen Mahan, Sylvia Escott-Stump. Krause’s FOOD,NUTRITION, & DIET
THERAPY.10th edition. P.488, 1991. 4.Judith E. Brown, Nutrition Now, p9-3~9-5, Wadsworth
Publishing Company,1999. 5.Semuel J. Fomon, et al.(1982): Body Composition of reference
children form birth to age 10 years. The American Jounal of Clinical Nutrition: 35, 1169-1175
ㆍMuscle volume : Skeletal muscle mass attached to the bone is usually divided into cardiac
muscle, smooth muscle, and skeletal muscle, and the muscle mass shown in InBody Dial is
Skeleton Muscle Mass. Skeletal muscle mass is one of the muscles in the body that can be
changed through exercise, and the muscle mass of the arms and legs is mainly skeletal muscle.
Muscles are smaller in volume compared to the same amount of body fat, so even if they have
the same weight, their body shape depends on whether they occupy a high proportion or body
fat. That's why even if you weigh the same weight, you look stronger and slimmer if you have
a lot of muscles. The secret to a healthy and slim body is muscle mass.
ㆍVisceral fat : Fat accumulated between the intestines of the abdomen is divided into visceral
fat, subcutaneous fat, and muscle fat depending on the location of the distribution, representing
the visceral fat of the abdomen at levels 1 to 20. If your visceral fat level is 10 or higher, you
need to take care of it because it is visceral fat type abdominal obesity.
ㆍBody water volume : Most of the moisture in our body is contained in fat-free tissues, so
there is a large difference in body water from person to person. In other words, the amount of
moisture present in the body varies depending on age, composition of tissue, and gender, but
the younger the age, the higher the moisture content in the body and decreases with age, and
the gender is more men than women. In addition, moisture is contained in all tissues of the
body, but there is a difference in moisture content in each cell and tissue. Blood has about 90
percent moisture, bones about 10 percent, teeth about 5 percent, and adipose tissue between
25 and 35 percent. Compared to that, muscle tissue is 72% water. Therefore, as the fat tissue
increases in the body, the moisture content in the body decreases proportionally. Athletes with
little fat tissue contain about 70% of their body weight, while obese people with a lot of body
fat contain about 50% of their body weight.