Weight Loss is a procedure that takes place when the body is reduced from the whole body. It is achieved with diet, exercise. It has got immense health, physical and mental benefits. There are even ways available to crash the fat in the body, but such ways are harmful and creates other effects also like decreasing other important nutrients hence affecting body immunity.
The amount of reduce that is to be brought is derived through Body Mass Index. Also, these days a more in-depth analysis is done with Basal Metabolic Rate to know the status of health within and the body fat percentage also. Weight loss is incomplete without understanding these.
BMI and BMR are associated in sense but separate in functions. They relate on a point that the higher the body composition, the higher the BMR.
Body Mass Index
It is the parameter to understand if the height and weight ratio of an individual is healthy or not. It also helps understand if one’s weight is healthy or not. It is the ratio of your body weight to the square of your height and its unit is kg/m2 . The range of healthy BMI is between 18.5 and 24.9. It signifies appropriate weight as per the Body structure. BMI below this is underweight and beyond this is overweight. Since, BMI basis itself on both height and weight, it actually enlightens of the ideal situation one should be in/ BMI usually keeps same and rather helps one to identify when to lose or gain weight or when can one work on muscles.
Basal Metabolic Rate
Metabolic rate basically refers to the amount of energy required by the body to carry out the regular functions. BMR measures the metabolic rate of the body. Calculating BMR is comparatively difficult. BMR calculation differs as per the gender also.One can use tools available online or can even refer to an expert medical practitioner. The formula generally used was given way back in 1918, called Harris Benedict Equation and was revised in 1948 which then gave better results. BMR is a dynamic statistics of the bid. It usually reduces with the increasing age.
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