What is Your Body Age ? - Weight Management 101

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What is Body Age ?
Body Age is a measurement of how old you are biologically based upon your health and fitness level as opposed to what your birth certificate indicates.
The basic ideas is that aging occurs as you gradually accumulate damage to various cells and tissues in the body.
Ita takes into consideration a number of factors other than just the day you were born.



What's the difference with Real Age (Chronological age)?
Real age is the amount of time that has passed from your birth to the given date. This is the primary way people define their age.

 How will it effect your life ?
Components involved in the body age assessment include an evaluation of your health risk factors, nutritions, strength testing, body composition and cardio respiratory fitness.
Using these guidelines along with various mathematical models, medical professionals can figure out what age your body "acts" like it is.

There are people whose real age is 30 years old but the biological age is 10 years older which is 40 years old if they are not taking care their health.
On the contrary, there are people whose real age is 50 years old but the biological age is 10 years younger which is 40 years old if they take care their health.


How to have younger body age ?
Health professionals suggested to have younger body age by practising positive healthy lifestyle behaviours.

  1. Stop taking drugs, smoking
  2. Limit alcohol
  3. Exercise regularly
  4. Eat less animal fats and more plant fats
  5. Eat less simple and refined carbs and eat more complex carb
  6. Drink more water
  7. Achieve and maintain ideal body weight
  8. Manage stress well
  9. Take appropriate supplements
  10. Have enough quality sleep

Reading Sources
https://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/blackburn12.htm
https://www.healthline.com/health/chronological-ageing
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness/body/how-to-turn-back-the-clock-and-reduce-your-biological-age/

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