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thegreatbelow-
Can't say for this exact service but I believe you can get a DEXA scan for around £200
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Not quite sure tbh - they're a couple of grand so definitely more at the medical / research end of the scale than the sort of thing you'd find at a gym etc. (this one lives in a sports science lab).
For general use some of the cheap ones are reportedly pretty consistent, if not very accurate - I was looking at a couple recently just to try and track a general thiccaliciousness trend.
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mcJ78
I had been looking at body mass analyser scales for a bit but reports of wild innacuracy put me off (I used to be ~5-6kg lighter when I did more cycling, now i'm doing more strength work so was curious how much of the weight gain was lard & how much was lean mass). Bumped into a colleague the other day who has a professional grade body mass analyser in their lab & decided to give that a quick whirl out of curiosity.
Tried it on the "standard" & "athlete" settings to see what the difference was, on this setup though i'm pretty sure the "athlete" setting is for actual athletes & not just your average punter who goes to the gym a few times per week, so definitely more like 22.7% cheese than 14% I can use this setup anytime so i'm gonna try & use it as a motivational tool to keep me on the right track as I want to try and shed a couple of kg (although i'm away on holiday in 10 days so that's fucked) but at least I now have a decent baseline to work from.