Frequently Asked Questions
- How does InBody work?
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InBody uses patented technology to measure your body’s internal composition. It measures each limb and the trunk separately and at multiple frequencies. This gives it much higher accuracy and reproducibility. It passes a small, safe electrical current around the body and measures the bodies resistance to the electricity. This is called Bioelectrical Impedance (BIA)
- What is BMR?
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This is the amount of calories your body needs just to keep its vital functions going – heart beating, lungs pumping, brain working. It is your resting basal metabolic rate not your recommended calorie intake for the day. InBody uses John Cunningham’s formula for BMR which takes into account your fat free mass. Ie Your metabolically active tissue – the more muscle you have the higher your BMR. This gives greater accuracy in calculating your BMR. There are other formulas used that only use height, weight and age – these are not as accurate.
- InBody says my BMR is 1400 calories - if I eat less than this, will I lose weight?
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If you reduce your calorie intake too low then you push your metabolism into survival mode, and your body starts to break down muscle and store fat. Your scales may tell you that you have lost weight, but in this situation weight loss comes predominantly from muscle loss with minimal reduction of fat mass. When you ease off on the diet the weight will go straight back on. However, measuring with InBody tells you what internal changes you have achieved which are much more relevant. It will tell you if you have lost fat or muscle.
- How can I lose fat effectively?
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Please see our other page ‘Let InBody help you achieve your health and fitness goals’
- What is % Body Fat?
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It is the amount of fat in kg within your weight expressed as a percentage of your total weight. You can see how your % body fat compares against the normal limits.
- What is WHR?
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It is the relationship between the sizes of your waist against the size of your hips. This tells us where we store fat. Apple shaped people store fat around their waist whereas pear shaped people store it around their hips. There are health implications about where you store fat. If you store fat around your waist then you are also more likely to store fat around your internal abdominal organs – visceral fat.
- I have a high waist hip ratio but I am not fat?
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Waist hip ratio looks at the size of your waist versus the size of your hips. If you have a boyish figure and don’t have much definition between waist / hip then your WHR may be higher than normal. NB it is not about how much fat you store, more about where you store it.
- How does InBody measure waist hip ratio?
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InBody uses the impedance measurements for the trunk area to estimate your waist hip ratio.
- What is Visceral Fat?
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It is the fat you potentially store around your internal organs. A high visceral fat over along period of time puts you at greater risk of developing Type 2 diabetes, high cholesterol and cardio vascular disease. A high visceral fat is related to apple shaped people who tend to store fat around their waist.
- My Visceral Fat is high, how can I reduce it?
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Exercise will reduce visceral fat. Aim to build up exercise levels to a moderate intensity preferably 5 times a week and use InBody to measure the reduction in visceral fat.
A study in America by Duke University Medical Centre researchers found:- Those who did not exercise had an 8.6 percent increase in visceral fat.
- Those who exercised the highest amount (17 miles of jogging per week) had an 8.1 percent decrease in visceral fat.
- Those who exercised a low amount (11 miles of jogging each week) did not significantly increase or decrease visceral fat.
"Participants who exercised at a level equivalent to 17 miles of jogging each week saw significant declines in visceral fat, subcutaneous abdominal fat and total abdominal fat. While this may seem like a lot of exercise, our previously sedentary and overweight subjects were quite capable of doing this amount."
"We also found that a modest exercise program equivalent to a brisk 30-minute walk six times a week can prevent accumulation of visceral fat, while even more exercise can actually reverse the amount of visceral fat."
- What does the Fitness Score mean?
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It is not your cardiovascular fitness. It is looking at the relationship of fat to muscle in your body. Every one starts at 80 points and you lose points for too much fat, too little fat or too little muscle. You gain points for more muscle. The score can go above 100 if you have lots of muscle.
- What is BMC?
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Bone Mineral Content. As we get older our bone density changes and can become lower. Post Menopausal women can be more at risk due to hormonal changes. Bone density can be improved by either weight bearing exercise or weight lifting along with a balanced dietary intake of calcium.
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