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Body fat Calculators

Megzfitlog
Megzfitlog Posts: 35
edited January 8 in Health and Weight Loss
Are any of the online ones accurate? I measured myself and entered the info into a few of them and the results seem WAY off.

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  • UtahWalker
    UtahWalker Posts: 29 Member
    This is one that I can't help you with. I have never used one. The different results probably depends on the way body fat is calculated. I am going to do some research on them.
  • popzork
    popzork Posts: 78 Member
    I had my body fat measured by a registered dietician. Those numbers were not close to the standard BMI calculators offered online. But, I found http://www.fat2fitradio.com/tools/mbf/ and when I plugged in those numbers, I found that it was within .5% of what the dietician's results were, so I use that.
  • T1mH
    T1mH Posts: 568 Member
    BMI is a estimate of your body fat percentage based only on height and weight. It doesn't measure your body fat %. You can try to get a better estimate with a caliper or with one of the fancy scales that can measure this.

    I have one of these handheld jobs that does it-
    41m4XJtKQ9L._SS40_.jpg
  • LadyBugLex17
    LadyBugLex17 Posts: 146 Member
    BMI is a estimate of your body fat percentage based only on height and weight. It doesn't measure your body fat %. You can try to get a better estimate with a caliper or with one of the fancy scales that can measure this.

    I have one of these handheld jobs that does it-
    41m4XJtKQ9L._SS40_.jpg


    I just used one of these tonight and it was over 7% different than last month. I don't even think that is possible LOL

    Is it accurate?
  • lucan07
    lucan07 Posts: 509
    BMI is a estimate of your body fat percentage based only on height and weight. It doesn't measure your body fat %. You can try to get a better estimate with a caliper or with one of the fancy scales that can measure this.

    I have one of these handheld jobs that does it-
    41m4XJtKQ9L._SS40_.jpg


    I just used one of these tonight and it was over 7% different than last month. I don't even think that is possible LOL

    Is it accurate?

    There is no way that these can be accurate like the scales that measure fat and water % they pass a small current through the body and calculate resistance, just another way to part people from hard earned money!
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