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Measurements & Tests
There are two key markers that everyone should monitor with respect to their health and well-being. This section serves to help guide you through this process and educate you on the importance of each measurement. The first being your waist size and the second being your BMI or better known as body mass index. The waist size is an important indicator of fat mass and the accumulation of abdominal fat is most harmful and is representative of disease. For men, 36 inches or less is considered good. Anything over 40 is considered very harmful. For women, 32 or less is considered good and anything over 35 is considered very harmful. The body mass index is a measurement of the body's lean mass verses fat mass. Keep in mind this measurement is very general and broad and will serve to give you an idea of how you compare to what is considered healthy and what is considered un-healthy. The BMI scale serves to give each one a number based on their body weight and height. The ideal range for BMI is between 18.0 and 24.0. What this scale does not take into account is your actual body fat percentage, which is more an accurate marker. For example, you could be 6 feet tall and weigh 225 lbs. and according to this scale would have a BMI of 30.5. This is not good, however if your body fat was under 15%, you would be in very good health. Any BMI above 25.0 is considered unhealthy and dangerous. One recent study demonstrated that for every one point increase in BMI, there was a 2.7% increase in health care spending. We encourage you to take these measurements seriously and keep on eye on these two important health markers. Simply follow the directions for obtaining each measure and remember that as you lose body fat and gain muscle, there may not be a noticeable loss on your scale, but you should notice a loss in the size of your waist. Losing body fat and sparing muscle is the goal, and as the fat losses pile up, the scale will eventually indicate a loss in overall body weight. In good health. |
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