Quick Health Tip – Body Composition Assessment Hydrostatic and Air Displacement

A type of Body Composition Assessment is Hydrostatic and Air Displacement. It entails Density metrics that estimate body density ratio to body mass volume. Hydrostatic is like Archimedes principle of buoyancy (gold crown principle as we call it), where the weight lost under water is proportionate to the volume of water displaced by body volume. Air displacement uses the same principles, but with air.