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Body Composition - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Relatively inexpensive
      - Useful in severely obese
- - - - Intracellur Water 36%
      - Metabolic Tissue
    - - Extracellur Water 22%
      - Bone
- - - - Similar to Benn index (W/H correlation with adiposity
      - Highly correlated with FM and % body fat
      - BMI & Age
        
        Reduction in muscle mass
        
        Increase in total fat mass
    - - Narrowest point between the lower costal (10 th rib) border and the top of the iliac crest
      - Highly correlated with total abdominal fat
      - Comparable to DEXA vs. CT
    - - The circumference of the buttocks at the level of their greatest posterior protuberance
      - ↑ WC ↓ HC
        
        Lower HDL cholesterol
        
        Higher TG, insulin, glucose
        
        Higher risk of diabetes
        
        WC/WHR stronger predictor of CHD than BMI in older men
    - - Double layer of skin measured at multiple sites
      - High interobserver and intra observer variation
      - Inconsistent predictors of CHD or mortality
    - - MUAC - Mid upper arm circuference
      - Midthigh circumference
      - Waist to height ratio
      - Neck circumference
      - Body Adiposity Index
        
        Not superior to BMI or WC in predicting CVD risk factors or risk of diabetes.
      - Body Shape Index (A-BSI)