Контроль здоровья

Контроль здоровья: домашние измерения, профилактические проверки, важные показатели самочувствия и признаки, при которых стоит обратиться к врачу.

How to measure your waist correctly: where and how to place the tape

For home assessment of waist circumference, the most practical standardized method is to measure it midway between the lower edge of the last palpable rib and the upper edge of the pelvic bone.

Waist circumference or body mass index: which is more informative?

If the goal is to assess the risk of type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease, body mass index alone is not enough: waist circumference and, especially, waist-to-height ratio provide additional information about central, or abdominal, obesity.

What's best to track when losing weight besides weight: 7 indicators

If you're tracking just one additional metric besides weight, waist circumference is usually the most useful. It reflects changes in abdominal fat and provides information about cardiometabolic risk that a single number on the scale doesn't provide.

Why do smart scales show different body fat percentages every day?

Smart scales can show different body fat percentages every day, even when your body fat percentage has remained relatively unchanged.

Body fat percentage on home scales: can you trust it?

The body fat percentage on a smart home scale can only be trusted as a rough estimate, not as an accurate measurement of body composition.

How useful are smart scales and can they be trusted?

Smart scales are indeed useful, primarily for accurately and automatically tracking body weight. However, body fat percentage, muscle mass, water, visceral fat, bone mass, and metabolic age are best viewed as rough estimates rather than precise measurements of body composition.

What is Fitness Age in apps and what does it show?

Fitness age isn't a true age or a medical diagnosis. It's a calculated value that the app uses to represent, in a simple number, how your fitness compares to the average person of a certain age.

What does VO₂ max show on a smartwatch and how accurate is it?

VO₂ max in smartwatches is an assessment of cardiorespiratory fitness: how efficiently the body can deliver oxygen to working muscles and use it during intense physical activity.

What's more useful to track: steps or active minutes?

If you choose a single metric to assess overall physical activity, active minutes is closer to medical recommendations because it takes into account not only the amount of movement but also its intensity.

Why do different watches show different calories?

Different smartwatches display different amounts of calories burned, primarily because they don't measure them directly, but calculate them using their own algorithms. These calculations may include heart rate, wrist movements, duration and type of exercise, age, gender, height, weight, and other parameters.

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