BMI (Body Mass Index) - BMI is a tool for indicating weight status in adults.1 It is a measure of weight for height. For adults over 20 years old, BMI falls into one of the following categories:

Below 18.5 Underweight

18.5 - 24.9 Normal

25.0 - 29.9 Overweight

30.0 and Above Obese

Body Fat - Amount of fat in one's body. First, your body fat percentage is simply the percentage of fat your body contains. If you are 150 pounds and 10% fat, it means that your body consists of 15 pounds fat and 135 pounds lean body mass (bone, muscle, organ tissue, blood and everything else).

Caloric Density - energy value; number of kcals in a food

Natural Foods - unchanged; contain no additives

Plaque - fatty deposits on the interior of artery walls

Ballistic stretching - see Stretching, ballistic

Diet - the food and drink a person or animal consumes in their normal life. Also refers to an eating plan for medical reasons or as a measure to promote weight loss

Fat Grams - a measure the fat content of a food. One gram of fat = 9 kCalories.

Hormones - chemical messenger substances in the body that are released into the blood from one location and that bind to target tissues at other locations and elicit specific responses. Insulin is a hormone

Ligament - a flexible, non-elastic tissue that connects bone to bone. Ligament injuries can be sprains or tears