Different Techniques For Body Composition Assessment

Body Composition: Assessment, Regulation, and Emerging Techniques

1 Exercise and Health Laboratory, CIPER, Fac Motricidade Humana, Univ Tecn Lisboa, 1499-002 Cruz Quebrada, Portugal 2 Department of Pediatrics, CMRI Metabolic Research Program, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA 3 Center for Quantitative Obesity Research, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ 07043, USA 4Department of Medicine, Southern Clinical Scho...

relations between different composition techniques

While composability is a much desired quality for software artefacts, there is no consensus whatsoever on what composability really is, nor on how it can be achieved. In this position paper we discuss three inhibitors of composability and hint at possible solutions. It is our conjecture that tackling these three problems is crucial to achieve true composability. 1. Inhibitor 1: Lack of a consis...

Body Composition Assessment of Obesity

Body fat and lean body mass assessment in human subjects--a comparison of two different techniques.

Body fat and lean body mass was assessed in young college students by two different techniques involving NIR method and body circumference measurements. NIR technique significantly over-estimated the body fat as compared to the results obtained by the other method. The difference between the methods was 23-30% high for fat and the variation was 5-9% low for lean body mass for the whole group. R...

Bioelectrical impedance and body composition assessment.

Bioelectrical impedance (BIA) has become increasingly popular in recent years in the assessment of body composition and body fluid status. The level of interest in this technique is related to the following advantages: it is non-invasive, inexpensive, portable and requires minimal subject compliance. However, as with all indirect methods, the ability of BIA to accurately assess body composition...