It is known that most people with a spinal cord injury or a wheelchair due to another neurological reason suffer from serious (hidden) obesity. It can be concluded from this that the current diet, as well as composition and guidelines, are not effective.

Being in a wheelchair poses a lot more health problems than most of us know. When you end up in a wheelchair, your body is not only forced to deal with the direct impacts of your paralysis, such as physical pain and psychological stress, but it also has to deal with biochemical and hormonal changes that increase the risk of many chronic diseases. . A wheelchair life is top sport, and healthy aging is a major challenge.

Due to the altered metabolism and change in body composition,
many wheelchair users suffer from “hidden overweight”. For example, you can use 1.75
m, weigh 53 kg, lead a very physically active life (or even be an elite wheelchair athlete
are), have a so-called 'perfect' BMI, and yet have an inner fat percentage of over 40. We see this in practice in our measurements with
the BOD POD unfortunately often. This means that you are morbidly obese without realizing it
realizes. Many wheelchair users therefore wrongly think: “I am slim, therefore healthy”. While in reality they have a much higher risk of diabetes, among other things,
cardiovascular disease and death than is assumed if there is
based on weight and BMI - instead of measuring body composition.

BOP POD measurement

Visceral fat cannot be measured by standing/sitting on a scale. The only scientific way to measure body composition is
through a Bid Pod measurement (the “gold standard”). We recommend that you do such a measurement at least once or twice a year - and even more often if you change your eating pattern, so that you can clearly see the effect of your new eating habits. Such a measurement is easy, affordable and accurate. Our experience is that this often motivates people enormously to continue on the newly embarked healthy path full of enthusiasm.