Health Sciences 1001A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Adipocyte, Blood Sugar, Binge Eating

• School: Western University
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: Health Sciences 1001A/B
• Professor: Shauna Burke

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The human body can be divided into fat-free mass and body fat. Fat-free mass is (cid:272)o(cid:373)posed of all of the (cid:271)od(cid:455)"s (cid:374)o(cid:374) fat tissues; (cid:271)o(cid:374)e, (cid:449)ater, (cid:373)us(cid:272)le, (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:374)e(cid:272)ti(cid:448)e tissue, organ tissues and teeth. Body fat comes in three types: subcutaneous fat the fat located just beneath the skin; critical for normal body functioning. Percent body fat the percentage of total body weight that is composed of fat. Overweight body weight that falls above the recommended range for good health. Obesity the condition of having an excess of nonessential body fat; having a bmi of 30 or greater, or having a percent body fat greater than about 25% for men and 33% for women. Obesity is linked with many chronic diseases, including hypertension, type 2 diabetes, cv disease, osteoarthritis, and certain types of cancer. In 2012, 41. 3% of men, and 26. 9% of women were classified as overweight. 19% of men and 18% of women are classified as obese.