Body fat percentage can be measured or calculated by a wide variety of methods. However, not all methods are equally accurate. The most accurate method is considered to be hydrostatic weighing, in which the body weight is measured under water and the amount of water displaced is also noted. However, since this method is very … Calculate Body Fat Percentage
Measuring blood pressure correctly is not so easy. Because even before you start measuring, there are already plenty of unanswered questions: when is the ideal time to measure blood pressure? Which arm should I connect the blood pressure monitor to, the right or the left? And what blood pressure values are normal anyway? We answer … Measure Blood Pressure Correctly
More than 10,000 seriously ill people, including many children, are currently waiting for a donor organ. For these, it is often the only possible life-saving measure. About one third of patients whose heart, liver or lungs fail will not win the race against time and succumb to their disease before a suitable donor organ is … Organ Donation: Giving the Gift of Life
Kidney disease often entails high blood pressure, and conversely, high blood pressure damages the kidney in the long term, leading to renal insufficiency: 20% of all hypertensive patients die from kidney disease alone. Kidney damage is thus the third leading cause of death in people with hypertension. Kidney disease and hypertension are mutually dependent and … High Blood Pressure Damages the Kidneys
The abbreviation WHtR stands for “waist-to-height ratio” and indicates the ratio of waist circumference to body height. Unlike body mass index (BMI), WHtR does not take into account total body weight, but rather abdominal circumference, which can provide information about a person’s risk of disease. A fat belly poses a health risk because the fat … What is WHtR?