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Hydrostatic weighing is considered one of the most accurate ways of determining percentage body fat. One limitation might be that it might still be gendered! [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrostatic_weighing Wikipedia's article on hydrostatic] weighing describes using gender to estimate residual lung volume, which is necessary. (Residual lung volume might also be determined more directly e.g. via gas dilution.) There are some local services ([https://thefitlabsd.com/bodycompositionanalysis/ 1], [https://www.bodyfattestsandiego.com/ 2]) I might consider. | Hydrostatic weighing is considered one of the most accurate ways of determining percentage body fat. One limitation might be that it might still be gendered! [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrostatic_weighing Wikipedia's article on hydrostatic] weighing describes using gender to estimate residual lung volume, which is necessary. (Residual lung volume might also be determined more directly e.g. via gas dilution.) There are some local services ([https://thefitlabsd.com/bodycompositionanalysis/ 1], [https://www.bodyfattestsandiego.com/ 2]) I might consider. | ||
− | + | TODO: there are a number of services for hydrostatic weighing in the area. I should reach out to them, see how doable this is, and maybe see whether they require gender as part of coming up with their assessment. It would be nice to wholly avoid this... on the other hand, it seems unlikely that my lungs have changed volume. (I might decide the "female" algorithm is probably appropriate in this case, unlikely to have been affected by physiological changes due to masculinizing hormones.) Also, I don't know whether there's much variance here; maybe I should try using more than one service. | |
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