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Published June 25, 2008 04:59 pm - During Tuesday’s Greatest Loser meeting at the Joplin Family Y, participants learned about the basics of body composition. The Greatest Loser: Body composition To keep up with the progress of the Greatest Loser participants, click the following link to visit their blog: The Greatest Loser blog
During Tuesday’s Greatest Loser meeting at the Joplin Family Y, participants learned about the basics of body composition. “Body composition is a measurement we like to do in addition to weighing a person,” said Angela Horner, a personal trainer at the Y. “It really tells a bigger picture of what that weight consists of.” Horner explained several common terms that are used when discussing body composition. Fat free mass: Consists of bone, tissue, water and all other fat free mass in the body. Fat mass: The total mass of fat in pounds. Body mass index: A height to weight ratio. “It has nothing to do with how much muscle or fat you have,” Horner said. Basal metabolic rate: The total energy expended by the body to maintain normal functions. “If you wake up in the morning in a totally dark room and did nothing all day, (BMR) represents how many calories you’d need just to exist,” she said. The desirable range of the percentage of body fat for men and women differs, according to Horner. For men age 17 to 29, it should be 14 to 20 percent. The healthy range for men ages 30 to 69 is 17 to 23 percent. The body composition for females is different, Horner said. For women ages 17 to 29, it should be 17 to 24 percent. For ages 30 to 69, it’s 20 to 27 percent. She said that she doesn’t recommend measuring body composition any more than once every four weeks. “It’s just going to be better to see the progress every 30 days,” Horner said. She also strongly urged participants to check their body composition at roughly the same time of day and under the same conditions in order to get more accurate measurements. 
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