It's possible to estimate the percentage of fat in the body bymeasuring the resistance of the upper leg rather than the upperarm; the calculation is similar. A person's leg measures40 cm between the knee and the hip, with an average legdiameter (ignoring bone and other poorly conducting tissue) of12 cm . A potential difference of 0.74 V causesa current of 1.6 mA .
What are the fractions of muscle and fat in the leg?
It's possible to estimate the percentage of fat in the body by measuring the resistance of the upper leg rather than the
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It's possible to estimate the percentage of fat in the body by measuring the resistance of the upper leg rather than the
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