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Hydrostatic weighing
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Underwater technique to assess body composition; considered the most accurate of the body comp assessment techniques
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Aquaphobic
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having a fear of water
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Air displacement
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technique used to assess body comp by calculating the body volume from the air displaced by an individual sitting inside a small chamber
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Bod Pod
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commercial name for equipment used for calculating body comop through air displacement technique
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Anthropometric measurement techniques
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measurement of body girths at different sites
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Skinfold thickness
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technique to assess body comp by measuring a double thickniessof skin at specific body sites
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Girth measurements
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technique to assess body composition by measuring circumferences at specific body sites
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Bioelectrical impedance
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technique used to assess body comp by running a weak elec current through body, painless
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Body mass index (BMI)
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a technique to determine thinness and excessive fatness that incorporates height and weight to estimate critical fat values at which the risk for disease increases
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Underweight
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extremely low body weight
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Waist-to-hip ratio (WHR)
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a measurement to assess potential risk for disease based on distribution of body fat
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body composition
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the total fat and non-fat components of the human body; important in assessing recommended body weight
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percent body fat
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proportional amount of fat in the body based on the person's total weight; includes both essential and storage fat; also termed fat mass
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lean body mass
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body weight without body fat
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recommended body weight
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body weight at which there seems to be no harm to human health; healthy weight
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overweight
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an excess amount of weight against a given standarad; such as height or recommended percent body fat
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obesity
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an excessive accumulation of body fat usually at least 30% above recommended body weight
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essential fat
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minimal amount of body fat needed for normal physiological functions; constitutes about 3% of total weight in men and 12% in women
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storage fat
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body fat in excess of essential fat; stored in adipose tissue
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dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA)
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method used to assess body fat composition that uses very low-dose beams of x-ray energy to measure total body fat mass; fat distribution pattern, and bone density
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