This is why I don’t bother counting any exercise in my daily calorie input/output. Interesting that the estimates get less accurate for higher body fat, wonder why.
The devices I’m aware of are taking their measurements with electric current and light from the back of the watch. It’s possible (in both cases, I guess) that this is just a penetration depth issue. It has been a very long time since I learned anything about electrical impedance measurements but at the time they were also fairly inaccurate mostly due to hydration, I think?
Probably because most equipment gets tested on cis men with a slim body type. If they’re lucky, women get included as well, but we’re still far away from a reality in which heavy people get included in such tests. (Not so) Fun fact: this is also why for some medical procedures, heavy people are forced to lose weight before being allowed to get the procedure, because there’s not enough research on how the procedure will affect their body type.
This is why I don’t bother counting any exercise in my daily calorie input/output. Interesting that the estimates get less accurate for higher body fat, wonder why.
The devices I’m aware of are taking their measurements with electric current and light from the back of the watch. It’s possible (in both cases, I guess) that this is just a penetration depth issue. It has been a very long time since I learned anything about electrical impedance measurements but at the time they were also fairly inaccurate mostly due to hydration, I think?
Probably because most equipment gets tested on cis men with a slim body type. If they’re lucky, women get included as well, but we’re still far away from a reality in which heavy people get included in such tests. (Not so) Fun fact: this is also why for some medical procedures, heavy people are forced to lose weight before being allowed to get the procedure, because there’s not enough research on how the procedure will affect their body type.
The study this comes from calls out body fat and skin tone as factors they controlled for, but I’m not seeing gender mentioned