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Are Ultrasonic Height Stadiometers Accurate?
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Why Is Calibration so Important?
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How is accuracy defined?
Back in the day, people in different countries used various different measurement units in daily life. This became a problem as trading grew more and more common across borders!
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How to utilize body composition for evaluating muscle mass and effectiveness
Body composition analysis is a key tool for understanding a subject's muscle level! Understanding how much effective strength a person has makes it possible to provide a better level of care, and guide treatment more effectively.
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Can Plant-based Diets Improve Body Composition?
Plant-based (vegetarian or vegan) diets have grown in prominence in recent years both among the general population and professional athletes as well. People may avoid meat products for environmental reasons, ethical concerns, and health benefits as well. Can adopting this kind of diet partially or in full actually improve your health and body composition?
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How often should you measure your body?
You've got access to a professional measurement device that can give you validated, accurate results. If you're tracking progress, you might be tempted to measure yourself every day - but this isn't really necessary!
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FIBO Global Fitness Recap
It was great to exhibit in-person once more in Europe at the FIBO Global Fitness show in Koln!
In addition to providing free professional body scans to hundreds of visitors, we enjoyed the opportunity to both catch up with old friends, as well as meet new partners in person for the first time!
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Charder wins Gold Medal at Poland Salmed
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How Pediatricians can utilize Body Composition
The Charder MA601 and MA801 Body Composition Analyzers can output a specialized child result sheet to provide pediatricians with a comprehensive growth evaluation from childhood to adolescence, going beyond traditional measurements like weight and height.
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TaiSPO Exhibition Recap
We had a great turnout at the 2022 Taipei International Sports Goods Show! In addition to a sleek black colorway for the MA601 Body Composition Analyzer, we also offered demonstrations of the upcoming U310 Portable Body Composition Analyzer as well, designed for traveling physical trainers.
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Why age is so important in body composition testing
Charder's proven algorithms for analyzing and calculating body composition results utilize a mix of measured and input data. Measured data includes weight and electrical impedance-related measurements, including impedance, reactance, resistance, and phase angle. Input data includes height, gender, and age.
All of these are important for helping algorithms determine body composition, but today we'll be focusing on age, and why we take it into consideration during analysis!
All of these are important for helping algorithms determine body composition, but today we'll be focusing on age, and why we take it into consideration during analysis!
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What affects the accuracy of a weight measurement?
Charder's scales are calibrated and certified according to medical standards prior to shipment. However, all scales can be affected by external factors that may have an influence on accuracy! Today, we'll introduce various factors that can affect accuracy, and give you some pointers on how to avoid them, so practitioners can receive the most consistent results.