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Accurate online body fat calculator

pineapple_peach10
pineapple_peach10 Posts: 239 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I know I won't get a completely accurate % of body fat unless I have it tested hydrostatically.

But I was wondering if anyone has used a calcilator online that is relatively accurate?

Thanks in advance :)

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  • bpetrosky
    bpetrosky Posts: 3,911 Member
    If you use calipers, you can use Scooby's Workshop's calculator.

    http://scoobysworkshop.com/body-fat-calculator/

    If you use body tape, you can use the calculations on this site. It doesn't do the calculations on the site, but you can put the formulas into Google Docs or Excel easily.

    http://hubpages.com/hub/Five-Methods-to-Calculate-your-Body-Fat-Percentage-by-Using-a-Tape-Measure
  • Mr_Knight
    Mr_Knight Posts: 9,532 Member
    pineapple_peach10 wrote: »
    I know I won't get a completely accurate % of body fat unless I have it tested hydrostatically.

    Even hydrostatic has substantial error bars.

    There really isn't any foolproof method. Best you can hope for is using one method consistently, and double checking against the mirror and scale.

  • pineapple_peach10
    pineapple_peach10 Posts: 239 Member
    Thanks for the responses :)
  • senecarr
    senecarr Posts: 5,377 Member
    I've used this one before. weightrainer.net/circbf.html
    When comparing it to a DEXA scan, I wound up having that calculator just two pounds less than the DEXA on determining lean body mass.
  • yirara
    yirara Posts: 10,260 Member
    Is a Dexa scan so useful? I consider paying for one as I'm curious what my bodyfat % is as I have rather wide bones for a woman and tape measure doesn't really cut it there. Plus I have rather low calcium a few months back. I want to know what the status is of my bones
  • pineapple_peach10
    pineapple_peach10 Posts: 239 Member
    senecarr wrote: »
    I've used this one before. weightrainer.net/circbf.html
    When comparing it to a DEXA scan, I wound up having that calculator just two pounds less than the DEXA on determining lean body mass.

    Thank you :)

  • pineapple_peach10
    pineapple_peach10 Posts: 239 Member
    yirara wrote: »
    Is a Dexa scan so useful? I consider paying for one as I'm curious what my bodyfat % is as I have rather wide bones for a woman and tape measure doesn't really cut it there. Plus I have rather low calcium a few months back. I want to know what the status is of my bones

    For the density of the bones, you can get a bone density scan done. Not sure about the dexa though.
  • tomatoey
    tomatoey Posts: 5,446 Member
    senecarr wrote: »
    I've used this one before. weightrainer.net/circbf.html
    When comparing it to a DEXA scan, I wound up having that calculator just two pounds less than the DEXA on determining lean body mass.

    That gives me exactly what my brother's horrid bf scale does. Which is good. I guess.
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