8/15/2023-|Last update: 8/15/202309:46 PM (Mecca Time)
According to World Health Organization data, obesity rates have nearly tripled worldwide since 1975, making the global weight loss market size exceed $260 billion in 2022, and is expected to reach $532.5 billion by 2032, according to the Market Research report. issued last April.
Analysts noted the dominance of the “fitness centers” sector in 2022, and increased expectations for the growth of the share of the fitness equipment sector. They explained this by increasing consumer awareness of the importance of improving public health and well-being, and the increasing trend towards combining excess weight loss, body reshaping, and a healthy lifestyle.
This is in line with the recommendations of experts to focus on “reshaping or reshaping the body” and following a diet and fitness program, “instead of just losing weight”, through a technique that weightlifters and professional athletes have followed for decades, and its popularity has recently begun to expand. This technique depends on combining two things at the same time, namely:
Weight loss (by reducing fat mass).
Muscle gain (increased lean muscle mass).
And American nutritionist Camilla Madziar says that “reshaping or body composition” benefits everyone, regardless of the amount of fat to be eliminated, or the muscles to be strengthened.
Increased muscle mass and decreased visceral fat reduce the risk of heart disease and diabetes (Pixels)
How is the process of reshaping the body?
Body recomposition is about achieving the best ratio of fat to muscle mass, as the best indicator of overall health and fitness, not body weight.
While most of those who want to lose weight focus on scale numbers and measurements, or body mass index, experts rely in their body composition analysis on “distribution ratios of fat, water, bone, and muscle weight,” according to Dr. Jesse Bracamonte, a family medicine specialist at Mayo Clinic. .
For her part, sports nutritionist Ashley Hagencic explains that reshaping the body simply means changing the overall body composition by:
Build stronger, leaner muscles with exercise. Reducing body fat through nutrition.
This requires understanding the three types of muscles in the body, namely:
Skeletal muscles, or lean muscle tissue, are attached to bones by tendons. Smooth muscle, which is the tissue found in various internal structures such as arteries and the digestive tract. myocardium, or the muscle of the heart.
Then knowing that we have superficial and visceral fat that makes up an adipose mass.
For ideal weight and optimal health, body reshaping aims to increase skeletal muscle and reduce visceral fat that surrounds and around the organs, says exercise physiologist Heather Melton.
Experts focus in their analysis of body composition on the distribution ratios of fat, water, bone, and muscle weight, not body weight (pixels).
Why is body reshaping better?
The foregoing raises an automatic question for many about the most appropriate or best approach to achieving a healthy weight. Whether to follow the traditional weight loss path, such as cutting calories, or through body reshaping techniques.
Here, experts differ. Ashley Hagensik says, “There is no one-size-fits-all answer, and the decision depends on several factors, such as age, gender, genetics, exercise level, sleep, and stress.” This makes the body reshaping approach “easier for some, harder for others”.
According to Hagensik, the general health goals of the individual are also important, as there are those who focus on losing a few kilograms, regardless of body composition, and those who are looking to reduce the level of sugar in the blood only, and those who seek to improve their muscle mass after 50 years, for example.
As for Bracamonte, although he agrees with Ashley in part that it differs from person to person, and that body reconfiguration and weight loss by traditional methods are important measurements, he believes that body reconfiguration is the best measure in general, because enjoying health is not about reaching a certain number. Only the scale, stating that muscle is denser than fat, so the number on the scale probably doesn’t give the full picture of progress anyway.
For further confirmation, Bracamonte says, “For example, it has been scientifically proven that increasing muscle mass and decreasing visceral fat reduces the risk of heart disease, diabetes, and even some types of cancer.”
He also points out that reshaping the body helps with weight loss in other ways, as many fitness practices increase the number of calories a person burns throughout the day.
The body recomposition approach is more of a lifestyle than a diet (Pixels)
How do we reshape the body?
Although “there are many ways to recompose the body,” the experts emphasize one key thing that must always be remembered, which is that “the recomposition approach is a way of life, rather than a diet.” Bracamonte also explains that this is done by combining:
Cardiovascular training through weight-bearing or resistance training exercises. And make sure to include a well-balanced diet with an adequate amount of protein.
This is what the English broadcaster and radio singer Sonny Gay did, as he reported to “Insider” in late June that he challenged himself on his 30th birthday, and decided to follow lifelong habits that combine controlling his weight and regaining his fitness, by reconfiguring his body with perseverance. resist resistance training, and eat a high-protein diet. In this way, he was able to build his muscles and lose about 11 kilograms of weight within 6 months.
Therefore, Madziar stresses that “increasing protein intake, along with resistance training, is critical,” and notes that “optimal results often require the use of a specialized trainer to help measure body circumference, current muscle mass, and areas of the body that may need to be targeted.” visceral fat, along with a certified dietitian, to provide recommendations regarding diet.”
2023-08-15 18:47:47
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