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Body Composition Tests
There are many different ways of measuring the amount of body fat or your body composition such as the amount of lean muscle or protein.
Below is a list of popular and not so popular body composition tests that are used in a range of places ranging from homes and gyms to professional practices and research institutions. For more about choosing the right test to use, see about body composition testing.
- Skinfold measurement
- Body Mass Index (BMI)
- Waist to Hip Ratio
- Ponderal Index
- Hydrostatic Weighing (also known as Hydrodensitometry or underwater weighing)
- Bioelectric Impedance
- Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry (DEXA)
- Near Infrared Interactance
- Total Body Potassium (TBK)
- Whole-body Air-Displacement Plethysmography (BodPod)
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
- Total Body Electrical Conductivity (TOBEC)
- Computed Tomography (CT)
- Total Body Protein (TBP)
Related Pages
- About body composition tests
- Measuring Somatotype
- Anthropometry
- Videos of Anthropometric Tests including Skinfold Testing.
- Height and Weight Table
