Question

The doctor is very concerned about Janine's body composition and needs to know the exact percentage of body fat she has and where the body fat is stored. Which of the following would be the BEST test for the doctor to order?

A.
hydrostatic weighing
B.
BMI
C.
MRI
D.
caliper test

Answer 1

An MRI. Everything else is dependant on human expertise and so t be as accurate. BMI doesn’t provide fat composition or regional body fat composition and thus useless. Hydrostatic weighing provides full body fat measures as a whole. Caliper results are dependant on the experience of the administrator. MRI is the gold standard