All about Body Composition Analysis (BCA)

Intramuscular fat is generally considered to be any fat ( including a fat between muscle groups and within a muscle) found beneath the fascia of a muscle. Intramuscular fat is the visible found within a muscle.

Muscle mass can make you heavier and increase your BMI. Because muscles are more dense and heavier than fat, body builders and other professional athletes like football players are often considered obese or overweight based on their BMI alone. Our body cannot turn fat into muscle and reverse is also true

CHRONOLOGICAL AGE

Your chronological age is the amount of time that has passed from your birth to the given date. It is your aging terms of years, months, days, etc. This is the primary way people define your age. It is also a primary risk factor for chronic disease, mortality, and impairments to bodily function.

BIOLOGICAL AGE/ BODY AGE

The basic idea behind biological age is that aging occurs as you gradually accumulate damage to various cells and tissues in the body. It is also known as physiological or functional age. Biological age differs from chronological age because it takes into consideration a number of factors other than just the day you were born.

Biological age may vary depending on your lifestyle, diet, exercise, sleep, attitude, stress, etc. Depending on your genetics and life habits your biological age will be higher or lower than your chronological age.

Visceral fat is a type of body fat that is stored within the abdominal cavity. It is located near several vital organs, including the liver, stomach, and intestines. It can also build up in the arteries. Visceral fat is sometimes referred to as active fat because it can actively increase the risk of serious health problems. We can reduce our visceral fat through exercise. Visceral fat cannot be removed from the body through any non-invasive or invasive procedures can reduce visceral fat through the following methods:-

• Exercising at least 30 minutes every day
• Food habit with a healthy diet
• Avoid smoking and alcohol
• Reduce drinks with sugar
• Healthy sleep

Causes of visceral fat

• Fat gets stored when you consume too many calories and have too little physical activities. Some people tend to store fat around their belly rather than on the hips because of their genes
• In women getting older can shift the body stores fat, especially after menopause women’s muscle mass decreases and their fat increases. As women age, they are more likely to develop more visceral fat in the belly, even if they don’t put on weight.
• In menage and genetics play a role in developing visceral fat. Drinking alcohol can lead to more belly fat.

BMR is the number of calories your body needs to accomplish its most basic life-sustaining functions. Even when resting your burn calories by performing basic functions to sustain life such as breathing, circulation, nutrient processing, cell production, etc. BMR is often used interchangeably with resting metabolic rate. BMR is the minimum number of calories required for basic functions at rest. Factors affecting BMR Age, sex, surface area, climate, body temperature, habits, drugs, hormones, and pregnancy. Most Men have a BMR of about 1600 – 1800 kcal/day and most Women have a BMR of about 1550 kcal/day.