Discrepancies between body fat % calculators?

MomOfJoey
MomOfJoey Posts: 58
edited December 17 in Fitness and Exercise
I went on Fit2Fat Radio to check out the body fat calculators. I did all three body fat calculators and there was a discrepancy of about 10 percentage points between the military body fat ratio and the Covert Bailey. Just to make matters more confusing, the one at http://www.freedieting.com/tools/body_fat_calculator.htm is between the two! Which is the most accurate? 10% is a pretty big difference!

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  • MomOfJoey
    MomOfJoey Posts: 58
    No one knows anything about this?
  • Ruthaw1961
    Ruthaw1961 Posts: 42 Member
    Unless you are training for a competition, just pick one and use it to monitor your progress. If you want to get the best and most accurate body fat analysis, get a DEXA Scan or Bod Pod testing done.
  • Azdak
    Azdak Posts: 8,281 Member
    Online body fat % calculators are useless. Looking at yourself in the mirror and saying "man, I'm fat" or "hmm....not bad" will be just as accurate.
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