Anthropometric (Body Mass Index) and Non-anthropometric (Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis)

Body Composition and Methods Paper
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Body Composition and Methods Paper
Introduction
Body composition measurements constitute objective techniques of nutritional evaluations. Various parties interested in human body composition include health professionals, sports scientists, and nutritionists. There is a burgeoning need for heightened precision and sensitivity body composition techniques, given the increasing incidence of lifestyle illnesses, including obesity. Body composition assessment offers insights into human body functional capacity and nutritional status. It is also important in nutrition for discussing growth and development phases as well as contributing to the understanding of developmental origins of illness and health, among other benefits. This report considers three adolescents to record their body composition, explaining the method used and the findings. The essay employs creative writing skills to collect and analyze anthropometric (skinfold and body mass index) and non-anthropometric (bioelectrical impedance analysis) data from the three participants with a high degree of reliability and precision to understand the respective individual’s well-being.
Skinfold Analysis
The first adolescent to record their body composition was 17 years old lad. The measurements indicate that his height is 1.6 meters while his weight is 60 kilograms. In this scenario, skinfold (SF) measurement would be conducted anchored on the belief that roughly 50 percent of total body fat is found under the skin, as well as entails measuring the thickness of the skinfolds at standardized areas. In other words, SF measurement enables the appraisal of body composition because of the significant association between subcutaneous fat levels and total body fat (Silveira et al., 2020). The measurements taken include neck circumference (0.40 m) and waist circumference (1.05m).
The body mass index (BMI) constitutes a statistical index for estimating an individual’s body fat using height and weight. BMI = weight in kilograms/height in meters^2 (Weir & Jan, 2019). That said, the BMI for the particular adolescent is 60kg/ (1.6^2) = 23.44. The body fat percentage would be computed using the Army Body Fat Calculator method (Koperska & Zulawinska, 2021). After filling in the measurements into the Army Body Fat Calculator, the body fat percentage was 31.8 percent.
The measurements indicate that the adolescent is healthy, but he needs to work on maintaining an ideal BMI. This is because the BMI nearly surpasses the CDC’s recommended range of between 18.5 to 24.9. Although the BMI implies that the adolescent is not at risk of developing weight-related illnesses or other health problems, his body fat (31.8 percent) raises the alarm (Centers for Disea...