Body-composition assessment using underwater weighing techniques.
Health care professionals recommend that assessment of body composition be included as a part of an adult fitness program. Underwater weighing, based on Archimedes' principle, is the most valid technique for assessment of percentage of body fat and lean tissue in a clinical setting. This article presents a computer program written in BASIC that performs all of the decision-making calculations and provides the user with a tabular and a graphical summary of current body composition in addition to recommendations for changes in body composition that will enhance the subject's health.
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Division of Physical Therapy, University of Alabama, Birmingham 35294.
D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000378:metabolism; D000328:Adult; D001823:Body Composition / Q000502:physiology*; D001835:Body Weight / Q000502:physiology; D003720:Densitometry / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007101:Immersion; D008297:Male; D008838:Microcomputers; D008875:Middle Aged; D010809:Physical Fitness / Q000502:physiology*; D012016:Reference Values; D012115:Residual Volume / Q000502:physiology; D012984:Software; D012985:Software Design