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Body Fat Distribution
Scientific Reason of Fat Deposition:
Body shape is affected by fat distribution due to hormone levels. The concentration of hormones influence
where body fat will be stored. Before the age of 15 both males and females have similar waist-hip ratio (WHR).
In case of women, before the age of 15 the hormone level will cause the body to store fat in the lower portions.
Hence generally teenage girls have fat distributed around their lower portion but not around their waist.
This causes their waist-hip ratio to be lower than males. As the age increases, the hormone secretion for women
reduces, causing fat to be redistribute from their lower body parts to their waist. Fat stored during
subsequent weight gain is preliminary concentrated in the abdomen. Another important reason for fat deposition
for women is that they do less physical work than men. Again some parts of our body generally don't undergo any torsion
during normal physical work, like abdomen. So deposition of fat in stomach is common for both men and women.
Recently it is found that, excessive eating generally gives an external thrust to our stomach and if the muscles
of abdomen are not sufficiently strong then formation of bulging belly is inevitable.
Measure of Obesity:
Some recent research indicates that WHR is better measure of obesity than BMI, particularly for the purpose of health
problems. The ideal ratio for women is 0.7. It is possible for two women to have the different BMIs but the same WHRs
or to have the same BMIs but vastly different WHRs. However, the preference for a small waist has remained fairly constant
throughout the history. A low waist-hip ratio has often been seen as a sign of good reproductive potential, but researchers
suggest that attractiveness of women are more correlated to body mass index rather than waist-hip ratio.
Types of Fat Deposition:
There are two types of fat people, those with an android fat distribution (fat in the abdominal area)
and those with a gynoid fat distribution (fat in the hip/buttock/thigh regions) (Roberts 24). The android distribution
of fat results an apple shape body and gynoid fat distribution is called the pear shape. Stereotypically, overweight
men have apple shape, while overweight women have the pear shape. There are higher morbidity rates and overall mortality
rates associated with the apple structure. In addition to this, apple shaped structure can be sub-divided into two groups
according to the actual area of fat stored. The fat stored in intra-abdominal region (visceral fat) and fat stored in
sub-cutaneous region. Visceral fat is stored behind the abdominal muscles and sub-cutaneously stored fat is distributed
between the abdominal muscles and the skin. The higher death rates are associated with the intra-abdominally (viscerally)
stored fat. (Emery, et.al 343). The release of fat cells into blood begins within 3 to 4 hours after the last meal of
the day for an apple shaped person and in other individuals the fat cells are not released until several hours later.
("The Apple Figure and Insulin Sensitivity").
Essential Fat and Undesired Fat:
A person's total fat percentage is the total weight of fat divided by the person's body weight and reflects both essential
fat and storage fat. Essential fat is that amount of fat which is necessary for maintenance of life and reproductive
functions. The percentage of essential fat for women is greater than that for men, due to demand of child-bearing and
other hormonal functions. Essential fat is 2-5% in men, and 10-13% in women. Storage fat consists of fat accumulation
in adipose tissue, part of which protects internal organs in the chest and abdomen. A number of online tools are available
for calculating estimated body fat percentage. According to Thomas A. Owens, M.D. ( Departments of Internal Medicine and
Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC), body fat is categorized as follows:
Recommended amount--- 20-25% (for women) and 8-14% (for men)
Adults in US (Average)--- 22-25% (for women) and 15-19% (for men)
Obese------------------------------30%+ (for women) and 25%+ (for men)
According to Health Check Systems, The American Council of Exercise has categorized ranges of body fat percentage as follows:
Essential fat--------------12-15% (for women) and 2-5% (for men)
Athletes--------------------16-20% (for women) and 6-13% (for men)
Fitness----------------------21-24% (for women) and 14-17% (for men)
Acceptable----------------25-31% (for women) and 18-25% (for men)
Obese-------------------------32%+ (for women) and 25%+ (for men)
