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Old 01-14-2009, 06:09 PM   #5
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Re: Fat loss vs weight loss

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Originally Posted by dobermanmom View Post
Underwater weighing is considered the "gold standard" in body fat measurement. The accuracy of other methods is determined by comparing them to underwater weighing.

But BIA and skinfold measurements have a standard error of about 3%.
That's 3% error in the "normal population" that number increases significantly in the obese.
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