Body Fat Analysis
Preventive Health Lab offers body fat analysis testing. We utilize the biological impedance analysis
method as this allows a highly accurate and cost effective option for the patient.
Bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) is the testing method available at Preventive Health Lab for
estimating body composition. Since the advent of the first commercially available devices in the
mid-1980s, this method has become popular due to its ease of use, portability, and its relatively low
cost compared to some of the other methods of body composition analysis. It is familiar in the
consumer market as a simple instrument for estimating body fat. BIA actually determines the
electrical impedance, or opposition to the flow of an electric current through body tissues which can
then be used to calculate an estimate of total body water (TBW). TBW can be used to estimate
fat-free body mass and, by difference with body weight, body fat.
Many of the early research studies showed that BIA was quite variable and it was not regarded by
many as an accurate method to measure body composition. In recent years technological
improvements have made BIA a very reliable and acceptable way of measuring body composition.
In 2005 Samsung applied for a U.S. patent for a "Method and apparatus for measuring body fat by
using bioelectrical impedance" that claimed to have lower error and better repeatability than other
devices. The patent application contains much useful information on bioelectrical impedance
measurement.
Preventive Health Lab offers body fat analysis testing. We utilize the biological impedance analysis
method as this allows a highly accurate and cost effective option for the patient.
Bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) is the testing method available at Preventive Health Lab for
estimating body composition. Since the advent of the first commercially available devices in the
mid-1980s, this method has become popular due to its ease of use, portability, and its relatively low
cost compared to some of the other methods of body composition analysis. It is familiar in the
consumer market as a simple instrument for estimating body fat. BIA actually determines the
electrical impedance, or opposition to the flow of an electric current through body tissues which can
then be used to calculate an estimate of total body water (TBW). TBW can be used to estimate
fat-free body mass and, by difference with body weight, body fat.
Many of the early research studies showed that BIA was quite variable and it was not regarded by
many as an accurate method to measure body composition. In recent years technological
improvements have made BIA a very reliable and acceptable way of measuring body composition.
In 2005 Samsung applied for a U.S. patent for a "Method and apparatus for measuring body fat by
using bioelectrical impedance" that claimed to have lower error and better repeatability than other
devices. The patent application contains much useful information on bioelectrical impedance
measurement.
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health problem or disease. It is not a substitute for professional care. If you have or suspect you may have a health problem, you should consult a health care provider. Digital Infrared Imaging of the breast is also known as
Breast Thermography, Thermal Breast Imaging, and Thermal Mammography among others. The authors, editors, producers, sponsors, and contributors shall have no liability, obligation or responsibility to any person or
entity for any loss, damage, or adverse consequence alleged to have happened directly or indirectly as a consequence of this material. This site, and the service described, is solely maintained and provided by the Preventive
Health Lab and is not affiliated with any other financial entity. This site does not accept advertising. Confidentiality of data relating to individual patients and visitors to this Web site, including their identity, is strictly respected.
The owners of this site undertake to honor or exceed the legal requirements of medical/health information privacy that apply in the country and state where this Web site and mirror sites are located.
