BPK 142 Chapter Notes - Chapter unit 5: Stanine, Body Fat Percentage

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Biomedical Physio & Kines
• Course: BPK 142
• Professor: Ryan Dill

Document Summary

Provides more accurate and comparable results b/w individuals: what advantages do the o-scale system and the csep-path body composition. Better at targeting where all fat is. Provides more accurate results for athletes who have larger body masses due to high amounts of muscle and weight training. Otherwise may be considered obese even though they are very fit individuals: with reference to the o-scale system of body composition assessment, describe the following terms - stanine scale, adiposity rating, proportional weight rating, Arbitrary scale in comparison to normal distribution, has 9 categories with % Summing 6 required skinfolds, comparing to age/sex/height. When a-rating & w- rating are equal.