Navy Percent Body Fat Measurement

bsolada
bsolada Posts: 23 Member
edited September 28 in Health and Weight Loss
I am just curious if anyone knows how neck measurement plays a role in the Navy test for body fat percentage. When you enter your numbers for waist, neck, and hips it gives you a measurement. But, if you make your neck measurement an inch bigger, your body fat percentage goes down, and vice versa. I would think it would be the opposite. So I am wondering how the neck predicts this, and why it should be larger for low body fat? As we lose fat, do our necks grow? Check it out:

http://fitness.bizcalcs.com/Calculator.asp?Calc=Body-Fat-Navy

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