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Assessment of Body Fat: A Comparison of Techniques

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Human Body Composition

Part of the book series: Basic Life Sciences ((BLSC,volume 60))

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Over the last few decades an increasing number of noninvasive methods have become available for assessing body composition and in particular for assessing body fat. All methods rely on various underlying assumptions that may have a greater or lesser degree of validity depending upon the subject. This work compares the results obtained for the estimation of body fat using nine different methods in subjects having a wide range of body composition.

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  1. Swansea In Vivo Analysis Research Group Department of Medical Physics and Clinical Engineering, Singleton Hospital, Swansea, SA2 8QA, UK

    Simon J. S. Ryde, D. Walter Thomas, John L. Birks, Parvaiz A. Ali, Neville H. Saunders, Said Al-Zeibak & Wynford D. Morgan

  2. Department of Physics, University College of Swansea, Singleton Park, Swansea, SA2 8PP, UK

    Neville H. Saunders & Said Al-Zeibak

  3. Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TH, UK

    Wynford D. Morgan

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  1. Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA

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Ryde, S.J.S. et al. (1993). Assessment of Body Fat: A Comparison of Techniques. In: Ellis, K.J., Eastman, J.D. (eds) Human Body Composition. Basic Life Sciences, vol 60. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1268-8_11

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