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5. Abdominal Fatness
Body fat is divided into subcutaneous fat and visceral fat. Visceral obesity is considered to be a
critical risk factor along with Percentage of body fat.
Lipoprotein lipase can be easily activated in visceral fat, and it causes visceral fat to be dissolved
easily. Dissolved visceral fat goes into liver through the blood vessel and causes fatty liver or
increases lipid in the blood. It also elevates the risk of hyperinsulinemia, hypertension, and
cardiovascular disease.
Visceral fat generally occupies 10 ~ 20 % of body fat and visceral obesity is assessed based on
the indicators below.
- the cross sectional fat area between L4 ~ L5 is 100 cm
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and over
- the visceral fat to subcutaneous fat ratio is 0.4 and over
- the waist to hip ratio (W.H.R.) is over 0.9 (male) / 0.85 (female)
- the circumference of waist is over 102 cm/45 inches (male) _ 88 cm / 35 inches (female)
Visceral fat increases after 30s in men and after Menopause in women. It is more common in
men than women and the old than the young. Visceral fat tends to increase with aging. Because
the combustion rate per minute of visceral fat is higher than that of subcutaneous fat, visceral fat
can be easily reduced by exercise or dietary control in case of abdominal obesity. W.H.R. is the
ratio of waist to hip circumference and has relation to one’s figure.
6. Segmental Analysis
This device analyzes soft lean mass and mass of body fat of five body parts; trunk, right arm, left
arm, right leg, and left leg. This function can be used as an assessment tool to evaluate the result
of exercise or rehabilitation treatment.
7. Age Matched of Body
It is the estimated physical age of the subject considering body composition analysis result,
gender, and biological age. This is calculated by comparing the optimal body composition based
on the gender and biological age of the subject with the actual analyzed body composition. It can
be used to evaluate the subject’s health and body development.
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