Human Nutrition Research Center
What is the measurement of body composition?
Measurement of body composition determines how much our body is made of fat and fat-free mass
Why is the body composition important?
- Measurement of body composition provides a better estimate of fitness and health compared to the Body Mass Index because this measurement does not only counting for body weight and height.
- Understanding the composition of fat and fat-free mass in the body can help to determine whether someone needs to form more muscle or lose fat.
- Measurement of body composition can also reveal certain basic health problems and provide insight for diet and exercise determination.
Aim
- Helping educational institutions, academics, and researchers to carry out research related to body composition.
- Helping educational institutions, academics, and researchers to get results that are in accordance with standards related to body composition.
- Helping educational institutions, academics, and researchers to provide proper diet and exercise determinations according to one’s body composition.
Measurement Packages
1. Seca mBCA Measurement (Without Interpretation)
• Facilities (INCLUDE): Seca mBCA Measurement
(EXCLUDE):
• Interpretation of examination results
• Transportation costs + accommodation for the research team (during data collection) *
• The cost of a coordination meeting between the research team and clients *
*if needed
2. Seca mBCA Measurement (With Interpretation)
• Facilities (INCLUDE): Seca mBCA Measurement; Interpretation of results from the Seca mBCA measurement
(EXCLUDE):
• Transportation costs + accommodation for the research team (during data collection) *
• The cost of a coordination meeting between the research team and clients *
*if needed
3. BIA TANITA Measurement (Without Interpretation)
• Facilities (INCLUDE): BIA TANITA Measurement
(EXCLUDE):
• Interpretation of examination results
• Transportation costs + accommodation for the research team (during data collection) *
• The cost of a coordination meeting between the research team and clients *
*if needed
4. BIA TANITA Measurement (With Interpretation)
• Facilities (INCLUDE): BIA TANITA Measurement; Interpretation of results from the BIA TANITA measurement
(EXCLUDE):
• Transportation costs + accommodation for the research team (during data collection) *
• The cost of a coordination meeting between the research team and clients *
*if needed
5. Bod Pod Measurement
· Facilities (INCLUDE): Bod pod Measurement; Interpretation of results from the Bod pod measurement
(EXCLUDE):
• Transportation costs + accommodation for the research team (during data collection) *
• The cost of a coordination meeting between the research team and clients *if needed
Benefits
For educational institutions :
- Provide information for educational institutions on how to use body composition measurement tools well
- Provide information for educational institutions regarding standardized body composition measurements
For academicians :
- Provide information for academics on how to use a body composition measurement tool well.
- Providing information for academics regarding standardized body composition measurements.
- Providing information for academics about dietary relationships with body composition.
For researchers :
- Helps researchers to explore the relationship of a diet to body composition
- Helps connect between human body composition, and energy metabolism, dietary patterns, obesity weight management, and risk of metabolic factors
- Get standardized body composition measurements.
- Help get results of body composition measurements that are useful for the results of the study.