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1
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What is Muscle?

A

Highly metabolically active tissue

2
Q

How is BMI calculated?

A

Weight/(height x Height)

3
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What is the units for BMI?

A

Kg/m^2

4
Q

What is DEXA?

A

Dual Energy Xray Absorptiometry

5
Q

What does DEXA do?

A

Mostly used to see bone density but can also see inside the body to measure composition.

6
Q

What are the downsides to DEXA?

A

Expensive and highly complicated equipment with very few in the country

7
Q

What is hydrostatic weighing?

A

Underwater weighing using Archimedes principle of water displacement.

8
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What is water displacement equal to?

A

Volume of mass lowered into the container of known volume.

9
Q

Which occupies more space, Fat or muscle?

A

Fat

10
Q

What is the downside of Hydrostatic weighing?

A

Complicated equipment and needs to get wet

11
Q

What is Air Displacement Plethysmography?

A

An equipment similar to hydrostatic weighing but using air.

12
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What are the advantages of Air Displacement Plethysmography?

A

Accurate and reliable

13
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What are the disadvantages of Air Displacement Plethysmography?

A

Patient needs to be naked.

Expensive and complicated equipment

14
Q

What is a bioelectrical Impedance Analysis?

A

A piece of equipment that uses a small electric current to measure flow to measure fat.

15
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How does a Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis work?

A

Uses an electrical flow that is sent through the body. Water conducts electricity and as muscle cells are wet, but fat cells are hydrophobic therefore resists the current. The more fat the higher resistance.

16
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What are Skinfold callipers?

A

A piece of equipment that pinches the skin and measures t thickness.

17
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What are the advantages of Skinfold Callipers?

A

Fairly cheap and easy and a simple process

18
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What are the disadvantages of Skinfold Callipers?

A

Greater risk of human error and needs experience and skill.