Abstract
An electrical impedance measuring scale (Tanita Model TBF-551) was used to make repeated estimations of the body fat of an adult male subject undergoing dietary changes that resulted in a 4.7 kg weight increase. The results showed that the body fat decreased approximately 3 kg with the weight gain. Over a period of five days of normal diet and activity the body fat change returned to the control condition. It appeared the weight gain was caused mainly by fluid changes not a body fat increase. The results suggest serious errors can occur in body fat estimates based on body impedance measurements, but use as a fluid change indicator may be possible.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1746-1747 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Journal | Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings |
| Volume | 2 |
| State | Published - Dec 1 2002 |
| Event | Proceedings of the 2002 IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology 24th Annual Conference and the 2002 Fall Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES / EMBS) - Houston, TX, United States Duration: Oct 23 2002 → Oct 26 2002 |
Keywords
- Body fat
- Body fluid
- Electrical impedance