skinfold thickness caliper

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• skinfold caliper — n a pair of calipers used to form and measure the thickness of skinfolds in order to estimate the amount of body fat usu. used in pl …   Medical dictionary

• caliper method — a method for approximating fat content in the body by measuring the thickness of folds of the skin at stated areas of the body by means of specially designed calipers. Caliper method being used to measure the thickness of the skinfold over the… …   Medical dictionary

• Body fat percentage — A person s body mass percentage is the total weight of the person s fat divided by the person s weight and consists of essential body fat and storage body fat. Essential body fat is necessary to maintain life and reproductive functions. The… …   Wikipedia