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Body Composition Measurement
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Highlights: This curriculum uses videos, text, and assessment questions to explore the physics concepts behind body composition analysis.
Abstract: Analyzing body composition can help to provide valuable information about a person’s overall current health as well as how that changes over time. This curriculum provides context for the following concepts: buoyancy, free body diagrams, universal gas law, AC circuits, impedance, x-rays, photons, underwater weighing, DEXA, BIA, calorimetry, air displacement, and plethysmography. The curriculum includes a manuscript with key concepts, video series from a medical professional, video comprehension questions, and pre-lecture checkpoints and homework problems.
Resource Types: Student reading, Instructor supplement, Video, Pre-class assignment, Restricted access, Homework
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