Body fat equation...check this out!

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  • healthyjen342
    healthyjen342 Posts: 1,435 Member
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    Interesting..will be reading this again later.
  • Sueboo31
    Sueboo31 Posts: 128
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  • invisiblerunner23
    invisiblerunner23 Posts: 21
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    bump for later
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    atsteele Posts: 1,358 Member
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  • Aps123
    Aps123 Posts: 71 Member
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    interesting! thanks for the post!
  • theGODwithin
    theGODwithin Posts: 7
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    useful stuff thanks
  • UpToAnyCool
    UpToAnyCool Posts: 1,673
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    OP: Thanks for posting this...

    I know that 'Individual Results Vary' but if anyone is curious, this equation was within1/2 a percent of my BodPod reading! (Only 0.4 % difference).

    Just an aside for those of you that mention wanting to get a BodPod anaylsis,
    I splurged on a reading for my 40th birthday, but forgot that I'd have to pay yet again to find out if my body fat % improves or not! :laugh: What I should do is get a home body fat scale, note how it compares to / or calibrate to the BodPod analysis number and keep track that way.
  • scouts2011
    scouts2011 Posts: 2
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    Thanks for the information!! =)
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  • atsteele
    atsteele Posts: 1,358 Member
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    I was thinking that the body fat calculator probably isn't as accurate because it only takes weight and waist size into account, but now that it gave me a 21% body fat percentage, Im a believer!! LOL

    None of these calculations are accurate but it's a decent estimate most of the time.

    http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=56830&page=2
  • angeleyes4643
    angeleyes4643 Posts: 151 Member
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    I found this equation shortly after I started here at MFP and I've used it ever since. Recently updated it and it made me smile. :smile:
  • meggers123
    meggers123 Posts: 711 Member
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    bump. good info. thanks.
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  • kallico
    kallico Posts: 24 Member
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    pretty sure i did it wrong... second to last number was 33.4, which sounded right to where i am now on body fat, but last number is 17.3 is that where i should be? and if so, how do i calculate what body weight that is for me? Sorry if this is redundant, just got on here for a quick second

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