The technique then estimates the percentage of body fat and lean body mass (LBM) through known equations (for the density of fat and fat free mass).

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The body fat percentage of a human or other living being is the total mass of fat divided by total body mass body fat includes essential body fat and storage body fat.

By making thickness measurements at multiple sites on the body you can calculate the estimated body fat percentage.

Storage body fat consists of fat accumulation in adipose tissue, part of which protects internal organs in the chest and abdomen.

The body also stimulates eating by detecting a drop in cellular lipid levels (lipoprivation).

Another method is bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA), which uses the resistance of electrical flow through the body to estimate body fat.

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Expansions There are several more complicated procedures that more accurately determine body fat percentage.

Body average density measurement Prior to the adoption of DXA, the most accurate method of estimating body fat percentage was to measure that person's average density (total mass divided by total volume) and apply a formula to convert that to body fat percentage.

These measurements are then used to estimate total body fat with a margin of error of approximately four percentage k1 points.

If there were no error whatsoever in measuring body density, the uncertainty in fat estimation would be about 3.8 of the body weight, primarily because of normal variability in body constituents.

The formula for children is different the relationship between BMI and BF in children was found to differ from that in adults due to the height related increase in BMI in children.

Child body fat (1.51 BMI) (0.70 Age) (3.6 sex) 1.4Adult body fat (1.20 BMI) (0.23 Age) (10.8 sex) 5.4where sex is 1 for males and 0 for females.

In contrast with clinical tools, one relatively inexpensive type of body fat meter uses the principle of bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) in order to determine an individual's body fat percentage.

A number of methods are available for determining body fat percentage, such as measurement with calipers or through the use of bioelectrical impedance analysis.

The widely used body mass index (BMI) provides a measure that allows the comparison of the adiposity of individuals of different heights and weights.

The issue thus is not just about how many mouths there are to feed, but also how much excess body fat there is on the planet.

Controversy exists as to whether a particular body fat percentage is better for one's health athletic performance may also be affected.

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From BMI Body fat can be estimated from body mass index (BMI), a person's mass in kilograms divided by the square of the height in meters if weight is measured in pounds and height in inches, the result can be converted to BMI by multiplying by 703.

But what we now know, is that for a number of diseases, there are defects in the system, where the body can't prune back extra blood vessels, or can't grow enough new ones in the right place at the right time.

In 1972, an American scientist, Ancel Keys, working in the area of human nutrition, public health, and epidemiology, renamed it the BMI after finding that its values also correlated with body fat mass as derived from skin fold or body density measurements.

Although it may not give an accurate reading of real body fat percentage, it is a reliable measure of body composition change over a period of time, provided the test is carried out by the same person with the same technique.

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The calculation measures the total volume of water in the body (lean tissue and muscle contain a higher percentage of water than fat), and estimates the percentage of fat based on this information.

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Lipids of the interior tissue are triglycerides, linoleic acid (46 of total free lipids), palmitic acid (30 to 35 of total free lipids), and esters.

Then again, obesity is sometimes viewed as a genetically predetermined normal predisposition, understood in terms of an evolutionary biological drive to accumulate body fat in order to prevent starvation in times of famine.

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Saturated fats, typically from animal sources, are next, while trans fats are to be avoided.

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Many studies have shown that unsaturated fats, particularly monounsaturated fats, are best in the human diet.

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