Home About Facilities Technical Body Composition Lab Body Composition Lab The Body Composition Lab enables accurate assessment of body composition analysis in support of the Sport & Exercise awards programme. Body composition is used to describe the percentage of fat, bone, water and muscle in the human body and is widely assessed for both health and sports performance reasons. There are several methods available for analysing body composition and the Body Composition Lab houses two analysers that allow the assessment of body composition via air displacement plethysmography and bio-impedance analysis. The lab is used for undergraduate and postgraduate learning, research and enterprise activities. Equipment Cosmed BodPod Seca mBCA 515 Body Composition Analyser Air Displacement Plethysmography (BodPod) Test Bio-Impedance Analysis Test Staff Justin Rich Technical Specialist-Sport & Exercise Email address: j.m.rich@staffs.ac.uk Telephone number: +44 (0)1782 294030 Read full profile Location R302 Science Centre Leek Road Stoke-on-Trent ST4 2DF Opening Times Monday to Thursday 8.00am - 5.00pm Friday 8.00am - 4:30pm Hub Health and Clinical Skills in the UK for Quality Education Sustainable Development Goal 4, Times Higher Education Impact Rankings 2023 for Career Prospects Whatuni Student Choice Awards 2023 for Facilities Whatuni Student Choice Awards 2023 for Social Inclusion The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2023 of Research Impact is ‘Outstanding’ or ‘Very Considerable’ Research Excellence Framework 2021 of Research is “Internationally Excellent” or “World Leading” Research Excellence Framework 2021 Four Star Rating QS Star Ratings 2021 Browser does not support script. Browser does not support script.
Justin Rich Technical Specialist-Sport & Exercise Email address: j.m.rich@staffs.ac.uk Telephone number: +44 (0)1782 294030 Read full profile
in the UK for Quality Education Sustainable Development Goal 4, Times Higher Education Impact Rankings 2023