Body Fat Test
 

This may be a bit of fun, but I find it hard to take seriously when it
tells me I have 23.8% bodyfat. I notice it doesn't ask for your
height. Can't work out what has caused it to give such a low figure -
do my 6.25 inch wrists cancel out my 41 in hips and 24 in thighs?
janice
233/161/133

On 19 Sep 2003 03:08:04 GMT, (Beeswing) wrote:

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I'm finding the standard weight-to-BMI charts to be worse than useless --
something that's been commented on a fair amount here. I tried the Health
Central one one out, and at least for me it seemed to make some sense:

http://www.healthcentral.com/cooltoo...s/bodyfat1.cfm

It measured my bodyfat at about what I'd imagine it at and gave me a BMI that
sounds like it could be reasonably accurate (22.5%). So having said that, has
anyone tried out this site? Any thoughts on it? D'ya think it's any better than
any of the other BMI guesstimates out there on the web?

I'm hoping to find a casual measurement I can at least put a little stock
in....

beeswing

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"Beeswing" wrote in message
...
x-no-archive: yes

I'm finding the standard weight-to-BMI charts to be worse than useless --
something that's been commented on a fair amount here. I tried the Health
Central one one out, and at least for me it seemed to make some sense:

http://www.healthcentral.com/cooltoo...s/bodyfat1.cfm

It measured my bodyfat at about what I'd imagine it at and gave me a BMI
that
sounds like it could be reasonably accurate (22.5%). So having said that,
has
anyone tried out this site? Any thoughts on it? D'ya think it's any better
than
any of the other BMI guesstimates out there on the web?

This site puts me at 19%, which is close, but a little low. THen there are
these sites...

http://www.biofitness.com/bodyfat.html
http://www.he.net/~zone/prothd2.html
http://www.fittec.com/bodyfat.htm

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On Fri, 19 Sep 2003 22:07:31 +0100, (janice) wrote:

This may be a bit of fun, but I find it hard to take seriously when it
tells me I have 23.8% bodyfat. I notice it doesn't ask for your
height. Can't work out what has caused it to give such a low figure -
do my 6.25 inch wrists cancel out my 41 in hips and 24 in thighs?
janice
233/161/133

ah ... in given your numbers you got, then how did I come up with
30.5% with my 37" hips and 23" thighs and 5.25" wrists...



On 19 Sep 2003 03:08:04 GMT, (Beeswing) wrote:

x-no-archive: yes

I'm finding the standard weight-to-BMI charts to be worse than useless --
something that's been commented on a fair amount here. I tried the Health
Central one one out, and at least for me it seemed to make some sense:

http://www.healthcentral.com/cooltoo...s/bodyfat1.cfm

It measured my bodyfat at about what I'd imagine it at and gave me a BMI that
sounds like it could be reasonably accurate (22.5%). So having said that, has
anyone tried out this site? Any thoughts on it? D'ya think it's any better than
any of the other BMI guesstimates out there on the web?

I'm hoping to find a casual measurement I can at least put a little stock
in....

beeswing

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"Jayjay" wrote in message
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On Fri, 19 Sep 2003 22:07:31 +0100, (janice) wrote:

This may be a bit of fun, but I find it hard to take seriously when it
tells me I have 23.8% bodyfat. I notice it doesn't ask for your
height. Can't work out what has caused it to give such a low figure -
do my 6.25 inch wrists cancel out my 41 in hips and 24 in thighs?
janice
233/161/133

ah ... in given your numbers you got, then how did I come up with
30.5% with my 37" hips and 23" thighs and 5.25" wrists...


I just got 22% with 38.5" hips, 21.5" thighs, and 6.25" wrists.

How reliable are those Tanita scales that measure bf? Going shopping for
kitchen & bath and thought I might splurge on one. I have a lot of loose
skin on my arms and belly - would calipers still be reliable given that?

Jennifer

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On Fri, 19 Sep 2003 22:01:38 GMT, (Jayjay) wrote:

On Fri, 19 Sep 2003 22:07:31 +0100, (janice) wrote:

This may be a bit of fun, but I find it hard to take seriously when it
tells me I have 23.8% bodyfat. I notice it doesn't ask for your
height. Can't work out what has caused it to give such a low figure -
do my 6.25 inch wrists cancel out my 41 in hips and 24 in thighs?
janice
233/161/133

ah ... in given your numbers you got, then how did I come up with
30.5% with my 37" hips and 23" thighs and 5.25" wrists...

I guess perhaps I did something wrong in putting in my data, although
I tried it twice with the same result. I noticed it didn't ask for my
height, which must make some difference surely. Anyway, not to worry
- I'm not planning to make any life changing decisions based on the
outcome!

janice
233/161/133

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In article , Jennifer Austin
wrote:

"Jayjay" wrote in message
...
On Fri, 19 Sep 2003 22:07:31 +0100, (janice) wrote:

This may be a bit of fun, but I find it hard to take seriously when it
tells me I have 23.8% bodyfat. I notice it doesn't ask for your
height. Can't work out what has caused it to give such a low figure -
do my 6.25 inch wrists cancel out my 41 in hips and 24 in thighs?
janice
233/161/133

ah ... in given your numbers you got, then how did I come up with
30.5% with my 37" hips and 23" thighs and 5.25" wrists...

Caliper Question:

Can't a person just do a "pinch test" with fingers and how much flesh
would constitute superfluous subcutanous fat?
I just got 22% with 38.5" hips, 21.5" thighs, and 6.25" wrists.

How reliable are those Tanita scales that measure bf? Going shopping for
kitchen & bath and thought I might splurge on one. I have a lot of loose
skin on my arms and belly - would calipers still be reliable given that?

Jennifer

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janice wrote:

I noticed it didn't ask for my
height, which must make some difference surely

You're right -- since it didn't ask for height, it lacks much credibility in my
book. I went there from an old bookmark I'd made. The lack of the height
measurement hit me when I went there originally, but I guess I wasn't paying
enough attention this time.

Toss that test out, then.

beeswing