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2. Bioelectrical impedance analysis - Wikipedia

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   Bioelectrical impedance analysis. Bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) is a method for estimating body composition, in particular body fat and muscle mass, where a weak electric current flows through the body, and the voltage is measured in order to calculate impedance (resistance and reactance) of the body. Most body water is stored in muscle.

3. Body fat percentage - Wikipedia

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   However, its accuracy declines at the extremes of body fat percentages, tending to slightly understate the percent body fat in overweight and obese persons (by 1.68–2.94% depending on the method of calculation), and to overstate to a much larger degree the percent body fat in very lean subjects (by an average of 6.8%, with up to a 13% ...

4. Body roundness index - Wikipedia

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   BRI had similar accuracy in predicting % body fat and % fat volume as existing indices, such as the BMI. [1] As the conventional index associated with obesity research, the BMI has numerous drawbacks, as it is unable to distinguish between muscle and fat, is inaccurate in predicting body fat percentage, and has poor ability to predict the risk ...

5. Study Finds This Measurement Is Better Than BMI at Predicting ...

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   BRI is a new way to measure body fat and the fat around your organs that is based on waist circumference and height, and is used to describe a person’s body shape, says Melissa Prest, D.C.N., R ...

6. BMI vs. Body Fat: What's More Important? - AOL

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   Body fat percentage is a measure of how much body fat you have in relation to your overall weight. It can be more accurate than BMI at assessing whether someone has a healthy weight and whether ...

7. Stayhealthy - Wikipedia

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   Stayhealthy, Inc. is a privately held corporation that creates web-enabled healthcare monitoring products. It was founded in the dot-com era by CEO John Collins, and produces devices that monitor and measure such aspects of one's health like blood pressure, heart rate, body weight, body mass index, body composition, body fat (adipose tissue), visual perception, and calories burned.