Then input your gender and measurements below to receive a body fat index based on average values. Well talk about the healthy range for men and women and the limitations. The body fat calculator can be used to estimate your total body fat based on specific measurements. Determine your body fat percentage with our body fat calculator. Calculating body fat percentage isnt always completely accurate and there are many methods to try. The bod pod gold standard body composition tracking system is an air displacement plethysmograph which uses whole body densitometry to determine body composition fat and fat free mass in adults.

Skinfold measurements have been used to estimate body fat for over 50 years skinfold calipers measure the thickness of your subcutaneous fat the fat underneath the skin at certain body. Lean body mass women weight 0732 8987 wrist 3140 waist 0157 hip 0249 forearm 0434. The body fat index is not an indicator of fitness level since the calculation is made with no regard. Use the metric units tab if you are more comfortable with the international system of units si. For women their percentage of body fat in relation to age should be between 25 and 31. The average adult male body fat percentage should be between 18 and 25.

If you are interested how it works here are the formulas we use. According to various sources the minimum limit of body fat is around 2 5 for men 2 and 10 13 for women. A full test requires only about 5 minutes and provides highly accurate safe comfortable and fast test results. To get the best results measure to the nearest 14 inch 05 cm. Use a tape measure to determine your waist wrist hip and forearm circumference. With dexa we can measure your lean mass body fat percentage bone density as well as your visceral adipose tissue which is the fat surrounding your internal organs.

Body fat weight weight lean body mass. Lean body mass men weight 1082 9442 waist 415. We offer the absolute gold standard in body composition analysis using the lunar prodigy ge dexa scanner. 3 however that is just the minimum amount.

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