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  • Body Composition Analysis: The Physics of Measuring What We Are Made Of

The Physics Teacher 57, 446 (2019); https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5126820
Elliot Mylott1, Elynne Kutschera2, and Ralf Widenhorn3
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  • Elliot Mylott
  • Elynne Kutschera
  • Ralf Widenhorn
ABSTRACT
Physics instruction for aspiring health care professionals, medical researchers, and biologists often fails to capture the interest of students. This is despite the many ways physics is used in research, diagnostics, and treatment. Universities are revising the introductory physics courses to be more relevant to pre-health students. Part of this process involves incorporating biomedically relevant material into both lecture and laboratory sessions in an authentic way with the physics content.

Acknowledgments

The authors want to acknowledge the National Science Foundation, who supported this work through the grants DUE 1141078 and DUE 1431447. We also thank Kate Haas and the Oregon Clinical and Translational Research Institute at the Oregon Health and Science University for letting us visit their facility and their helpful advice on the clinical and research use of BCA.

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