Hydrostatic weighing estimates body fat by comparing how much someone weighs underwater with their weight on land.
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The lab, also known as an exercise physiology lab, features a hydrostatic weighing system for the measurement of body density, a metabolic measurement system, and a Trackmaster treadmill that is programmable from the metabolic computer.
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"' Hydrostatic weighing "', also referred to as " underwater weighing, " " hydrostatic body composition analysis, " and " hydrodensitometry, " is a technique for measuring the mass per unit volume of a living person's body.
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For instance when comparing outputs from a Tanita " scale " to an Omron Body Logic " handheld device ", the Tanita scale estimated a 40 % higher percentage body fat in college-aged men and a 55 % higher percentage in college-aged women when compared to hydrostatic weighing.
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His research lead us to consider him the " modern-day father " of human body composition for " his pioneering studies of hydrostatic weighing in 1942, the development of a reference man and woman model, and somatogram based on anthropometric measurements underlie much current work in body composition assessment"
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The company's current products include : the Body Composition Analyzer which reads an individual s body composition with no appreciable difference from hydrostatic weighing or the DXA scan; a HealthCENTER Kiosk which has numerous configurations ( Body Composition, Blood Pressure, Weight, Hearing, and Vision ); Research Activity Monitor; and the Stayhealthy Activity Monitor ( SAM ) calorie tracker.
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