Unit 6
Body Composition |
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Body Composition
Lean and Fat Compartments
- Lean compartment
- muscles, skeleton, organs, (water)
- Fat compartment
- essential fat: structural & functional
- storage fat: energy reservoir
- - most located in adipose tissue
The Development of Body Fat
Adipose tissue contains billions of fat cells
- Hyperplastic obesity
- results from excessive number of fat cells, typically during growth,
youth-onset
- Hypertrophic obesity
- results from enlargement of fat cells, adult onset
Norms for Body Composition
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Males |
Females |
| Essential Fat |
3% |
12% |
| Healthy Range |
13-19% |
20-25% |
| Over Fat |
> 25% |
> 32% |
Males and females have similar amounts of storage fat, but differ in
the amount of essential fat they possess.
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