Sunday, April 3, 2011

To detect the percentage of body fat .. Measure your neck

To detect the percentage of body fat .. Measure your neck News Network "CNN" America believe some researchers, that does not measure the BMI, the fat and precisely to the existence of the most critically used for this method, and emphasize that the measure near collar related to obesity can lead to detection of diseases related to obesity such as diabetes useful.
can measure, the researchers said that the BMI is a measure of the total length and weight compared patients do not measure body fat, but restricts the scope of the neck help to know more fat.
The register of Dr. Oolubokola Nafiu and colleagues in the study in the amount of the journal Pediatrics and weight in 1102 published and children took effect on the neck in centimeters to find out if they are overweight or not, they realize that a child six years, which increases the area around the neck of 28 inches rather more than three times more weight than those, which is smaller around the neck and thus more susceptible to the disease.
He said that the measure does not measure Nafiu collar, a process that is light and protect against the risk of diseases such as the temporary cessation of breathing during sleep.
to determine the director of the Center for Physical Activity and Health at the University of Michigan The measurement of the cervix, the proportion of fat in the body is not new, adding that "it is not widespread, but this does not mean it is not right.

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