How to measure fat

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Skinfold callipers	The Skinfold caliper is a device which measures the thickness of a fold of your skin with its underlying layer of fat. By doing this at the key locations can be a quite accurate representative of the total amount of fat that is on your body, it is also possible to estimate the total percent of bodyfat on your body.
Bioelectrical impedance	Bioelectrical impedance measures the resistance of body tissues to the flow of a small, harmless electrical signal. it calculates the total body water and uses information like gender and height to find fat %
Hydrostatic weighing	: Hydrostatic underwater weighing, or hydrostatic testing, is a method of determining body composition (body fat to lean mass) that make up a person's total body density using Archimedes' Principle of displacement.
DEXA scans	A DEXA scan is a special type of X-ray that measures bone density. DEXA stands for dual energy X-ray absorptiometry.
BMI (body mass index)	BMI= weight(kg)/height(m) squared
BMI categories	Image: bmi-chart (image/jpg)

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	Created by s.ghillean over 10 years ago