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Comparative body fat assessment in elite footballers
  1. L Özçakar1,
  2. A Çetin1,
  3. B Kunduracýo∂lu2,
  4. B Ülkar2
  1. 1Hacettepe University Medical School Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 06100 Ankara, Turkey
  2. 2Department of Sports Medicine, Ankara University Medical School
  1. Correspondence to:
 Dr Özçakar; 
 lozcakar{at}yahoo.com

https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsm.37.3.278

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    Much attention is directed to measuring body composition, particularly fat mass, the aim being to estimate the untoward health consequences of excessive amounts of fat or to assess physical fitness. There are two main types of method of measurement: reference and prediction techniques. The former consist of measuring body density or total body water and dual energy x ray absorptiometry, and the latter include measurement of skinfold thickness and bioelectrical impedance analysis.1 The Tanita body fat analyser is a commercially available foot to foot bioelectrical impedance analysis system.2 It is a novel method because it measures the weight and percentage of body fat simultaneously while the subject stands …

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