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Body Fat Calculators

By Wendy Bumgardner, About.com

Updated: July 2, 2007

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Are you getting leaner or are you losing muscle along with fat? Body fat percentage is a better measure of diet success than is weight.

Online Body Fat Calculators

The equations used to determine body fat percentage by measuring your waist, hips, and neck give wildly varied results. Much better accuracy is achieved by using fat caliper measurements. The following site allows you to enter measurements and get a body fat percentage.
Body Tracker: Body Fat Percentage Calculator for Men and Women

Body Mass Index

The body mass index is not a body fat percentage, but it estimates whether you are normal, overweight, or obese using your height and weight.
Body Mass Index Calculator

Body Fat Measurement

Rather than rely on the two unreliable methods above, it is better to use a skinfold caliper or a body fat monitor scale that uses bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA).

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