The exercise physiology core laboratory at uva uses the bod pod to determine the amount of fat in your body relative to your size body composition. The bod pod gold standard body composition tracking system is an air displacement plethysmograph which uses whole body densitometry to determine body composition body fat and fat free mass in adults and children and can accommodate a wide range of populations. Fat mass consists of all the adipose tissue fat within your body. The range of error for this test is 1 to 27. Body composition is divided into two body mass categories fat mass lean mass. It is as accurate as hydrostatic underwater weighing but quicker and easier to perform.
The lab offers additional fitness assessments. In order to have the best possible results follow these simple instructions. Bod pod available at some fitness centers and medical facilities a bod pod is a device you stand in for a few minutes while it measures your body fat via air displacement plethysmography adp. The bod pod gold standard body composition tracking system is the worlds only air displacement plethysmograph which uses whole body densitometry to determine body composition fat and fat free mass in adults and children. A full test requires only about 5 minutes and provides highly accurate safe comfortable and fast test results. The bod pod uses air displacement plethysmograph adp to determine your body composition the ratio of fatty mass to lean mass.
The bod pod which uses air displacement technology is considered to be the gold standard of body composition measurement.
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