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kodithompson

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What principle underlies the bio electrical impedance technique for assessing body composition?
 a. Fat tissue speeds up electrical current before the current encounters lean tissue.
  b. Fat tissue is a less efficient conductor of electrical current than is lean tissue.
  c. Fat tissue blocks electrical current.
 d. Lean tissue blocks electrical current.
 e. Fat tissue is a more efficient conductor of electrical current than is lean tissue.

Question 2

The standard error of estimate (SEE) for _____ is 3.5.
 a. hydrostatic weighing
 b. air displacement
 c. skinfold thickness
 d. girth measurements
 e. dual energy x-ray absorptiometry


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Jadwiga9

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Reply #1 on: Aug 6, 2018
Answer to Question 1

b

Answer to Question 2

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Reply 2 on: Aug 6, 2018
Gracias!

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