A review of experimental techniques related to anthropometric assessment.

This paper presents a review of the methods available to established body composition. The study of body composition is described by Karpovitch and Sinning (1971) as the study of the existing composition or the changes in composition within the frame. This can be approached in many ways. Passmore and Robson (1971) use a simple but valuable method of splitting the body into three components for ease of analysis. The first division is into the cell mass, where most of the chemical work of the body is done. Second is the supporting tissue, which includes the extracellular fluids in the blood and the fluids surrounding the cells in the various organs. Third is the energy reserve, which is composed mainly of fat held for the most part in the adipose tissue. If this method of division of the body is used, and then various modern methods of assessment of these components is considered, it is found that the techniques are in many ways similar.