INFATUATION RESULTS OF SOME POPULAR BODY-FAT TESTS DON'T CARRY MUCH...

Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  April 9, 1996 ;   Castrone, Linda;   787 words ......bevy of take-home body-fat tests are on the...heads. Taking daily body-fat readings is as ludicrous...every hour of the day, they say. ``It's...people with only 11% body fat are no more virtuous...if they run every day of their lives. Being...Another problem: ...

Well-being demands monitoring body fat. (Merchandising).(products on the...

MMR;  January 14, 2002 ;     478 words ......increasingly coming to believe that excess body fat, rather than excess pounds, represents...turn is creating a growing market for body fat monitoring devices, which are designed...people to get an accurate sense of their body fat percentage. Obesity has traditionally...

Tanita scales detect fat. (bathroom scales measure body fat)(Product...

HFN The Weekly Newspaper for the Home Furnishing Network;  September 9, 1996 ;   Youssef, Jenni;   584 words ......new product category designed to measure body fat ratios while also calculating standard...targeting the bathroom scale market, the body-fat monitor also is drawing attention from...read labels, there's nothing to monitor body fat, Kahn said. Most health professionals...

'Figure Your Body Fat: Step on it America!' Campaign Educates Consumers...

PR Newswire;  October 5, 1998 ;     710 words ......America, Inc. today launches Figure Your Body Fat: Step On It America!, a new national education...consumers understand the relationship between body fat and body weight -- and the importance of monitoring body fat as part of a healthy lifestyle. Consumers...

Learning to control body fat

Chicago Sun-Times;  April 27, 1986 ;   Lawrence E. Lamb, M.D.; Lawrence E. Lamb (STANDARD);   787 words ......that a reasonable amount of body fat is not a serious threat...aggravated by extra pounds of body fat, then from a health point of view you don't need to lose body fat. But if you have increased...exercise in eliminating body fat? Physical exertion is probably...calorie ...

Body fat testing: Here's the skinny

Chicago Sun-Times;  December 23, 1988 ;   Len Ziehm;   787 words ......brought a whole new meaning to the term "body fat" when he joined the Bears. Here was a...was not fat. At least not then. Perry's body fat test at Northeastern led Lesmes to believe...hydrostatic weighing, has 20 to 22 percent body fat," Lesmes said. "Perry was right in that...

How body fat scales measure up.

Morning Call (Allentown, PA);  September 5, 2006 ;     590 words ......you wanted to know your percentage of body fat, you had to go to a clinic, research or...body weight but also your percentage of body fat, water and muscle mass. It seems almost...equipment known as the BodPod. In contrast, body fat scales use a measuring method called ...

In it for the long run; Her first step in training for a marathon:; Body...

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  July 12, 2007 ;   TIM CIGELSKE;   787 words ......comprehensive report on her body fat. The results surprise her...he threw up at school on the day of her body fat test. Then she got lost downtown...was also nervous about her body fat percentage. "It's hard for...The point isn't to lower her body fat at all ...

Want to Know Your Body Fat? Home Scale Is Convenient, Accurate.(evaluation...

Environmental Nutrition;  February 1, 2001 ;     420 words ......buying a Tanita, the bathroom scale that also measures body fat. Is it accurate? A. There are no 100% accurate methods...absorptiometry (DEXA) and underwater weighing. Why measure body fat? Simple. It's a better indicator of fitness than body...you what percent of your weight is fat. To be ...

A Comparison of Visual Body Fat Estimates With Skinfold Caliper and...

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport;  March 1, 2001 ;     457 words ......acquired a fascination with determinations of body fat percentages. As a result, many new and improved body fat measurement instruments have been developed...may possibly ease the task of assessing body fat, the cost, validity, reliability and availability...

Three common composition techniques determine percentage of body fat....

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  March 18, 1994 ;   Broussard, Lee Ann;   647 words ......the other hand, if they measured their body fat regularly, they would find they are losing...and non-invasive technique for measuring body fat. Here's a brief explanation of three of...quick and simple method for estimating body fat. Skinfold calipers are used to measure...

HOW DOES YOUR BODY FAT MEASURE UP?(LIFE)

The News & Record (Piedmont Triad, NC);  March 24, 1998 ;   Decwikiel-Kane, Dawn;   787 words ......are available to calculate a person's body fat percentage. -------------------- It's...we hear these days. It's percentage of body fat that's a better indicator of fitness...fluids - and fat. Everyone needs some body fat - at least 5 percent for men, 12 percent...

Just how helpful are those fat monitors? those fat monitors? It's not...

The Daily Mail (London, England);  June 12, 2007 ;     787 words ......slimmersswitch to hightech body fat monitors. These devices...and bones. In contrast, a body fat monitor allows you to measure...stroke and cancer. A healthy body fat percentage for a woman of...diet and exercise - and body fat monitors will help you...changing on the ...

Invasion of the BODY FAT snatchers; Science-fictionlike capsule said to be...

Daily Breeze;  September 23, 2002 ;   John O'Connell;   642 words ......funny-looking egg-shaped device that measures body fat. "It looks like the egg on `Mork and Mindy...Butit is the most accurate way to measure body fat." Millardexplained that weight alone is...distinguish between poundsthat come from body fat and those that come from lean body ...

BODY FAT

Today's Woman;  May 1, 2003 ;   Anonymous;   743 words ...Body fat. We all have it. Some of us have...tabs on my weight, unaware of the body fat factor. Over the past few months...knowing your personal percentage of body fat can be a valuable tool for health...better fitness level. In a nutshell, body fat is a measurement of the ...