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posted by mrpg on Tuesday August 28 2018, @08:39AM   Printer-friendly
from the I'm-50Kgs dept.

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

Cedars-Sinai investigators have developed a simpler and more accurate method of estimating body fat than the widely used body mass index, or BMI, with the goal of better understanding obesity.

The new method is highlighted in a study published in Scientific Reports, one of the Nature journals.

"We wanted to identify a more reliable, simple and inexpensive method to assess body fat percentage without using sophisticated equipment," said the study leader, Orison Woolcott, MD, of Cedars-Sinai.

While the BMI is commonly accepted, many medical experts in the field of obesity consider it to be inaccurate because it cannot distinguish among bone mass, muscle mass and excess fat. BMI also does not account for the influence of gender -- women generally have more body fat than men.

[...] To determine relative fat mass (RFM), you need to measure your height as well as your waist circumference. To measure your waist, place the tape measure right at the top of the hip bone and reach it around your body for the most reliable result. Next, put those numbers into the relative fat mass equation -- making a ratio out of the height and waist measurements. The formula is adjusted for gender:

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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by inertnet on Tuesday August 28 2018, @12:37PM (1 child)

    by inertnet (4071) on Tuesday August 28 2018, @12:37PM (#727316) Journal

    Obesity is a result of our primitive brains living a world of plenty, while it's been evolutionary optimized for a world of scarcity. The food industry is only interested in selling more food, so don't expect any solution from it. The only way is to overpower your primitive, hormonal brain, with your rationally thinking brain. Apart from eating more sensibly, you'll have to exercise, because our body's aren't going to prosper from immobility.

    I've made the switch about 4 months ago, because I realized that this would be the only way to have a chance at more healthy years in this life. At first it's really difficult, I don't know if I could have done it all alone. After a while it gets easier not to eat any snacks between meals. I walk for about an hour every evening. At first my legs started hurting after a couple of hundred meters, but now I can keep walking for a full hour.

    Just start and stay being rational about overweight, it's really the only way to get yourself off that gravy train to the graveyard.

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  • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 28 2018, @10:46PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 28 2018, @10:46PM (#727539)

    Like many of the newly converted, you appear to be on the borderline of proselytizing.

    Consider cooling it in conversation with friends and co-workers, lest you find yourself ostracized as "that fitness nut who can't stop talking about how good he feels".