Can somebody please check into the accuracy of the "home body fat test"?
06/23/09
Depending on how generous I am with the tape measure, it says my body fat is between 3% and 6%. As much as I would love to believe these numbers, there's just no way. Also, I've checked it against other online body fat calculators using similar bodily measurements, and they give between 9% and 13%.
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
use this website to measure all areas for body fat, or just simply use the body mass index calculator!
http://www.linear-software.com/online.html
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re: Can somebody please check into the accuracy of the "home body fat test"?
RogEphedra
Thursday, June 25, 2009 at 10:44 AM
RogEphedra
Thursday, June 25, 2009 at 10:44 AM
Thanks for your response Amanda.
I guess what I was hoping for is a site administrator either remove this calculator from the website, or investigate its accuracy, because it doesn't appear to be accurate at all. Other online calculators, which use similar body-part circumference measurements, seem to be more accurate and in-line with the bio-electrical impedence method that my Tanita bathroom scale uses.
It's just misleading for somebody wanting to estimate their body fat to use this calculator and think it's accurate.