Comments on: Measuring Body Composition: Part 1

By: Waist to Hip Ratio

Waist to Hip Ratio — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 13:38:29 +0000

The WHR doesn’t seem like a very good measure of health OR beauty. Rosanna ^ has my same ratio of 0.70, but my measurements are pretty different, with a 24″ waist and 34″ hips. You could have a 50″ waist and 64″ hips, and only have a ratio of 0.78, but certainly these measurements don’t sound very healthy?

By: TCO

TCO — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 01:23:50 +0000

pictures rock!!

I never knew how fat I really was until I took them. Then even when I was quite decent looking still thought of self as fat. But pictures fixed that.

Even more powerful is put the pictures on the net! use communities to hld you accountable!

By: George

George — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 20:21:51 +0000

There was just a presentation here in Holland about ‘tofi’s’ (thin outside, fat inside) an article where he explains this phenomena you may find on http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6220596.stm
Professor Bell said in his presentation that he saw a lot of thin people with diabetes 2, too high blood pressure and heart disease, he found out thru MRI that those people had a lot visceral fat!

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 18:09:57 +0000

Lyle,

I’m not sure if this will be covered at all in part II, but if not, I’d be curious to hear your thoughts (now, at some point in the future, whenever you find a bit of time) on something called the Bodymetrix BX 2000 by Intelametix. It uses ultrasound to measure fat thickness, muscle thickness, etc. Supposedly the technology has been used for decades in the beef industry to determine the level of marbling. I believe that a video presentation about the item by its creator Luis DaSilva can be found on Charles Staley’s website.

If accurate, it seems like a fast, non-invasive method that would be useful in the gym setting when assessing a number of clients and have value as a selling point………and supposedly it is easy enough to use that even an untrained chimp could use it, which would be ideal for those without significant practical experience testing folks with calipers.

In any event, it would be excellent to get your take on it down the line, since you’re a knowledgeable guy who always shoots people straight and checks bias and BS at the door.