Project

BodPod

Code
01B06308
Duration
01 January 2009 → 31 December 2010
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Research disciplines
  • Natural sciences
    • Population, ecological and evolutionary genetics
  • Medical and health sciences
    • Reproductive medicine
    • Cell growth and development
    • Histology
    • Obstetrics
    • Cellular interactions and extracellular matrix
    • Histology
    • Health information systems of medical informatics
    • Biostatistics
    • Health counselling
    • Dietetics and molecular nutrition
    • Reproductive medicine
    • Cellular interactions and extracellular matrix
    • Histology
  • Agricultural and food sciences
    • Food chemistry and molecular gastronomy
Keywords
body composition obesity
 
Project description

The BodPod or air displacement phlethysmography is an instrument that measures the amount of space (volume) that a body occupies. The BodPod is recognized as a valid and precise method for measuring the percentage fat and lean of the body. It does require either estimation or measurement of lung volume.