Body Composition

What Elements Make Up The Human Body? When we think about body composition we usually think in terms of muscle, fat, water and bones. If we broke down the human body further into its barest element form, we surprisingly find that around 99% of our bodies derive from only 6 elements.  Oxygen, Carbon, Hydrogen, Nitrogen, …

Elements Of The Human Body? What are they? How Much do we have? Read More »

Reality TV Show weigh-ins – Are they sending the wrong message? Whilst it makes great television ratings, having celebrities/ reality show contestants stepping onto scales to see how much weight they‘ve lost whilst starving in the African jungle is flawed on a number of levels. Last nights episode of “I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out …

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What does it really mean when we talk about body fat percentage? Is it a measure of how much fat we have or something else?