Health Care Tools to Determine Weight Status

Despite the obvious problems that BMI and waist circumference measurement have, there are no alternative solutions for addressing the weight assessment problem. Therefore, I also use the approaches in question as the means to identify the changes in the patients’ weight and the possible health issues that these alterations may trigger.

In addition, I also consider the patients’ muscle mass so that the test outcomes could be more accurate. For instance, the patients that take up sports have a rather high BMI due to their muscle weight, yet they cannot be considered overweight. Similarly, the waist circumference test often lacks precision due to the unique characteristics of the patients, such as muscle mass, which may trigger an increase in the waist circumference length. Herein the need to identify the specified parameter lies.

The evaluation mentioned above, however, requires an impressive amount of time as the lean body weight must be estimated. The given procedure demands that the patient’s weight should be located on a regular basis for a certain amount of time for the paradigm of the changes to be identified. Moreover, the body fat percentage is also calculated for the results of the measurement to be accurate.

The combination of the tools above allows for retrieving a comparatively accurate result. Consequently, the issues that the patient may be having or developing in the nearest future can be identified successfully, and the corresponding treatment strategies can be designed within a considerably small amount of time. Though BMI and the waist circumference test cannot be reliable on their own, they can be combined with other evaluation methods.