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Re: QUESTION - Body Fat Percentage - Skin Vs Fat
      04/12/06 11:55 AM
retrograde

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Hi Shell! How are you?? Haven't been around in a while but I just wanted to say hi

Anyway, re: body fat testing, scales (and measuring tapes) are notoriously inaccurate. They're good if you want to measure a change in your body fat % (i.e. it said you are x and 2 months later you're x-3) but if you need an accurate % number, nope.

Calipers are definitely better but if you NEED an accurate % for the surgery, find our where you can get it measured in a water tank - usually at a sports medicine factility or a university or hospital or something. (Like Kat described, they put you in a tank of water.) That's really the only 100% (or almost 100% anyway) accurate way to do it.

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* QUESTION - Body Fat Percentage - Skin Vs Fat
Shell Marr
04/04/06 09:11 AM
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retrograde
04/12/06 11:55 AM
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Sara-Sage
04/04/06 01:25 PM
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Shell Marr
04/04/06 01:35 PM
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Sara-Sage
04/05/06 04:49 PM
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jaime g
04/05/06 07:57 AM
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Shell Marr
04/05/06 08:23 AM
* I doubt them too
epa_ginger
04/05/06 02:27 PM
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Stephie
04/05/06 03:58 PM
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Shell Marr
04/05/06 04:08 PM
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Shell Marr
04/05/06 03:34 PM
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K2
04/04/06 12:36 PM
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Shell Marr
04/04/06 12:44 PM
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Shell Marr
04/04/06 02:58 PM

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