artnolis wrote:
> Need my body fat measured by a prefessional in Adelaide SA
> Where can i go and what the best way?
>
> Thank's
I know of three ways to do this:
(1) Some bathroom scales measure your % body fat by passing
a (small) current through your body (each foot has a
separate electrode). They cost upwards of $100 to buy
(Target has them) or some places let you stand on them
for a fee (the squash courts in Lane Cove [Sydney] used
to let you do this for about $2).
(2) You get immersed in a tank of water and your
displacement is measured. Comparing this to your weight
on dry land gives your % body fat.
(3) A qualified person pinches you all over with a pair of
plastic calipers. I've had this done and it's only
mildly uncomfortable.
Sadly I have no idea how accurate these methods are either
in absolute terms or relative to each other. Maybe the only
sure-fire way is to boil you down into your component parts
and skim the fat off the top, but that's a somewhat invasive
procedure.
HTH,
&roo