What's your body type? Apple or Pear?
What's your body type? Apple or Pear? Health is not only influenced by the percentage of fat in the body but also its distribution. There is an indicator, the ratio waist-to-hip ratio (or WHR, Waist to Iip Ratio), which regard to the distribution of body fat and helps us to identify the each person's body type and get status information health.
Related information gives Life2day.gr Maria Kokkinou nutritionist - dietitian. Research associate Medidiatrofi.
If the distribution of fat is visceral abdominal or otherwise, the person has body type "apple". This fat distribution is more common in men. If the fat is stored mainly in the buttocks and thighs,
person has a body type "pear". Such division occurs more frequently in women.
Detail What's your body type? Apple or Pear?
Many may assume that the somatotype "pear" is more inelegant than the "apple". But certainly safer for health.
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The visceral fat distribution, showing that the fat body is stored in the majority of, the ventral area where they are working and most vital instruments and so the individual appears to have increased risk of developing
a disease or other metabolic disorders.
To locate if you WHR within desired limits, take tape measure and measure. The ratio is calculated as waist circumference (cm) / hip circumference (cm). The waist is the smallest circumference of the abdominal
country (the natural waist, just above the belly button) and the perimeter of hip circumference is the largest in the buttocks - the measured walk and clasped closed). What's your body type? Apple or Pear?
Information gives us the ratio WHR on fat distribution is important because it can indicate whether abdominal fat distribution (or otherwise the central obesity), can be associated or not with variety of diseases (mainly cardiovascular) and if so, to what extent. The values "high risk" shown in the table below.
WHR = waist circumference (cm) / circumference (cm)
Acceptable limits Unacceptable limits
excellent good average high
men less than 0.85 0.85 - 0.90 0.90 - 0.95 greater than 0.95
Women less than 0.75 0.75 - 0.80 0.80 - 0.85 0.85 greater than
1. When index WHR ypologistei0, 80 for women and less than 0.9 for men, then we body type "Apple"
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When the indicator is calculated WHR greater than 0.80 for women and
greater than 0.9 for men, then this body type "Apple"
The dietitian at their disposal and other indicators assist in the classification of individuals in elipovareis, overweight or obese, and give information about the state of their health. Such is the waist circumference, body mass index (BMI) and percentage of adipose tissue. Each indicator has its advantages and
disadvantages and it seems to be more accurate or useful compared with the other indicators in different population groups, children or the elderly, athletes or people with sedentary, obese or in normal weight patients or healthy etc.
It is also often the two people are the same but different BMI or WHR same body weight but different rate adipose tissue or the same percentage adipose tissue but different WHR etc. This leaves
afford to use anything less than the combination. Only So the dietician-nutritionist can interpret comprehensively the main physical characteristics of the individual, to assess with more accurately the state of health (based on these data) and propose the necessary and appropriate changes in diet and
lifestyle.
