Kinan to assess health

Question 1

Kinan and health relationship?

Answer 1

Some anthropometric measurements have been related to health and/or disease and the risk of having a disease (e.g: cardiovascular disease, type II diabetes, obesity, hypertension, etc).

Using these cost-effective measurements is easy and these can be conducted by healthcare providers and exercise professionals.

Question 2

Kinan to assess health: Surface anthropometry measurements and other anthropometric measurements?

Answer 2

Surface anthropometry measurements used to assess health
• Weight
• Skinfold thickness
• BMI
• Fat distribution (waist, waist-to-hip ratio)

Other anthropometric measurements used to assess health
• Body fat % (using designated technology)
• Bone Mineral Density (BMD)

Question 3

Kinan to asses health: Surface anthropometry measurements used for?

Answer 3

Surface anthropometry measurements used for

• Identifying people at risk of disease
• Disease management
• Conducting health interventions
• Monitoring the effects of diet and/or exercise 
interventions in research studies

Question 4

Waist and waist/hip ratio?

Answer 4

Waist girth and the waist-to-hip ratio (using waist and hip girths):

are two surface anthropometric measurements used to
assess abdominal adiposity.

Both of them are normally taken in addition to BMI

Question 5

How to calculate body fat %?

Answer 5

BF% =

–44.988 + (0.503 × age) + (10.689 × sex) + (3.172 × BMI) – (0.026 × BMI2) + (0.181 × BMI × sex) – (0.02 × BMI × age) – (0.005 ×BMI2 × sex) + (0.00021 × BMI2 × age)

Male= 0 / Female= 1

Question 6

Bone Mineral Density?

Answer 6

Bone mineral density (BMD) refers to how dense
(strong) our bones are.

BMD is normally measured to diagnose or assess
osteoporosis.

This measurement is performed by a DEXA scan
(dual energy X-ray absorptiometry), which
provides information about bone density and body composition.

Question 7

Exercise prescription?

Answer 7

High BMI &
high waist girth:
• Traditional training (moderate-high
intensity).

• Resistance training (explosive, more
fast-twich fibres).

• Hypoxia training

Osteoporosis:
• Strength &
resistance
training

• Low-impact
(weight bearing
activities).