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How to tell if you are skinny fat? - Coggle Diagram
How to tell if you are skinny fat?
The Difference
Subcutaneous fat
The fat that is held under the skin
Visceral fat
Developing in the abdominal cavity
Stored around the organs
Ways to determine
Analyzing your body composition
Determining your percentage of body fat
Weight cannot tell whether you are skinny fat or not
Ways to measure body composition
Clinical tests
Hydrostatic weighing and Dual x-ray absorptiometry
Highly accurate
BIA scales and devices
Using small electric
Quite accurate
Depended on the manufacturer
Calipers
The visceral fat is guessed by using prediction equations or tables based upon your age
Pinching the subcutaneous fat and estimating the visceral fat
Highly accessible
"Skinny Fat"
Do not have enough muscle mass
Having much more body fat
Also called "Sarcopenic obesity"
How to fix being skinny fat?
Weight training
To increase muscle growth
To increase lean body mass
Need to increase their muscle mass and reduce their fat mass
How do people become skinny fat?
Eating an unhealthy diet
Skipping workouts
Sitting all day
Diet and exercise the wrong way
Losing muscle mass and gaining fat mass due