However, some rare genes may have a big effect on a person’s body weight, so it will be important for future research to investigate those. Finally, measuring social disadvantage is challenging.

Background Extremely low weight and rapid changes in weight and body composition have become major concerns in many sports, but sufficiently accurate field methods for body composition assessment in ...

Measurement errors can range from 3.5–5% body fat (3). Instructional video: Here is an example of a 7-site skinfold assessment.

Paper Published: 12 April 2005 Body fat measurement in Indian men: comparison of three methods based on a two-compartment model D S Bhat, C S Yajnik, M G Sayyad, K N Raut, H G Lubree, S S Rege, S ...