Body Composition Testing

 Body Composition Analysis: find out your body fat percentage, fat-free percentage, pounds of lean body mass, pounds of fat mass, and overall body density relative to your body weight  Testing Equipment: Bod Pod (Whole-Body Air-Displacement Plethysmography)  Accuracy: highly accurate with excellent repeatability (gold standard in research facilities)  Location: The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario Sports Science Research Lab, Room 2235, 3M Centre University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 3K7 (park and enter by the Fowler Kennedy Sports Medicine Clinic)  Cost: $50/person (PAY HERE)  To Sign Up, Contact: Jennifer Broxterman, Registered Dietitian & Sports Nutritionist by emailing [email protected] to reserve your spot

Body composition testing can be a very useful piece of information to active individuals to help you understand your lean body mass, fat mass, and body fat percentage. Knowing your numbers can help you determine if weight loss is an appropriate goal for performance enhancement, and how many pounds of fat can be safely lost without jeopardizing health by cutting into your essential fat stores. As a guide, body fat percentage differs for men and women with different cut-off values for health:

Classification Men Women Risky (High Body Fat) > 30% > 40% Excessive Fat 21-30% 31-40% Moderately Lean 13-20% 23-30% Lean 9-12% 19-22% Ultra Lean 5-8% 15-18% Risky (Low Body Fat) < 5% < 15%

Special Instructions: 1. Avoid exercise or a large meal in the 2 hours before. 2. Bring spandex exercise clothing or a Speedo type bathing suit for women (compressions shorts for men) for the testing – tight clothing is best for accurate test results. 3. If possible, remove all jewelry and leave at home. 4. There may be a cost to park in a UWO lot on a week night. Make sure you bring some spare change with you. To set up an appointment for body composition testing in a sports science research lab at the University of Western Ontario, please contact Jennifer Broxterman, Registered Dietitian & Sports Nutritionist at [email protected]. The cost per body composition analysis is $40.