INTRODUCTION: Body composition is known as the percentage of fat, water, and muscle that is present in a human body.1 Body composition is an important factor of health when it comes to preventing heart disease, diabetes, and other illnesses. The factor that obesity plays on health is great, and only continues to worsen. Obesity can lead to many complications of the human body, including heart disease, cancer, and diabetes.2 Heart disease is a risk factor that is possible when a person suffers from obesity. Heart disease can lead to strokes and heart attacks. The extra weight a person has when they are obese adds onto the blood pressure a person has, if a person has high blood pressure strokes are more likely to happen. Getting body composition
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The subject’s skinfold testing ranged from 10 mm to 20 mm, as seen in Table 2. To determine the body density estimation the Jackson-Pollock 7 site equation was used. This equation is as follows: Db=1.112-(0.00043499*X)+(0.00000055*X2)-(0.00028826*Age) where X is the sum of the triceps, subscapularis, chest, midaxillary, suprailiac, abdomen, and thigh skinfolds, and X2 is the subjects age to the nearest year. When calculated the subjects body density was 1.07. To determine the estimated body percent fat the Brozek equation was used. This equation is %BFest=[457/Db]-414.2.2 Using 1.06 as Db, which is the body density, the subjects estimated body fat percentage calculated to be around 12.9%, which falls within the normal body fat percentage range for …show more content…
Although not all people have this outcome, testing the body composition is an important way of showing a person what their health is like. Body composition is one of the easier ways to read a persons fat percentage, and knowing the fat percentage of a person could increase the subjects ability to exercise and eat healthier. There is an estimation of what a person should weight based on their height and their body weight. For females 100 pounds is added for being 5 foot, then another 5 pounds is added for each inch after 5 foot. For males the weight is a little bit larger, with there being 105 pounds added for being 5 foot tall, then 6 pounds after 5 foot for every
The subject’s skinfold testing ranged from 10 mm to 20 mm, as seen in Table 2. To determine the body density estimation the Jackson-Pollock 7 site equation was used. This equation is as follows: Db=1.112-(0.00043499*X)+(0.00000055*X2)-(0.00028826*Age) where X is the sum of the triceps, subscapularis, chest, midaxillary, suprailiac, abdomen, and thigh skinfolds, and X2 is the subjects age to the nearest year. When calculated the subjects body density was 1.07. To determine the estimated body percent fat the Brozek equation was used. This equation is %BFest=[457/Db]-414.2.2 Using 1.06 as Db, which is the body density, the subjects estimated body fat percentage calculated to be around 12.9%, which falls within the normal body fat percentage range for …show more content…
Although not all people have this outcome, testing the body composition is an important way of showing a person what their health is like. Body composition is one of the easier ways to read a persons fat percentage, and knowing the fat percentage of a person could increase the subjects ability to exercise and eat healthier. There is an estimation of what a person should weight based on their height and their body weight. For females 100 pounds is added for being 5 foot, then another 5 pounds is added for each inch after 5 foot. For males the weight is a little bit larger, with there being 105 pounds added for being 5 foot tall, then 6 pounds after 5 foot for every