On Wed, 30 Aug 2000, Rob Street wrote: > I use the calipers to determine body fat. Actually, I have it tested at > school. They have real (expensive) calipers, not the free plastic ones that > come in a Cybergenics kit. I have always been told that hydrostatic is the > best method, though... I have heard that the Omron Body Logic body fat calculator -- and electrical impedance device -- is pretty accurate. This is a hand-held device that takes 7 seconds to get a reading. Here at St. Joseph's U. (where I teach), the athletics coaches have used immersion, but they say that they are impressed with the Omron unit, which gives readings strongly correlated with the immersion measurements. I haven't tried it yet myself, but hope to do so in the near future. Todd Moody [log in to unmask]