Body Fat Calculator

Body Fat Caliper Measurement Sites - Men Chest - Diagonal fold, midway between upper armpit and nipple Midaxillary - Horizontal fold, directly below armpit Bicep - Vertical fold, halfway between shoulder and elbow, directly on bicep Abdominal - Vertical fold, one inch to the right of navel Suprailiac - Diagonal fold, directly above iliac crest Thigh- Vertical fold, midway between knee cap and top of thigh Calf - Vertical fold, inside of leg on largest part of calf Subscapular - Diagonal fold, directly below shoulder blade Tricep - Vertical fold, midway between elbow and shoulder Lower Back - Horizontal fold, directly over the kidneys, and 2 inches to the right of spine Click here for images for body fat calculator measurement sites Body Fat Caliper Procedures¹ 1.) All measurement should be made on the right side of the body 2.) Caliper should be placed 1 cm away from thumb and finger, perpendicular to skinfold, and halfway between crest and base of fold 3.) Pinch should be maintained while reading the caliper 4.) Wait 1 to 2 s (and not longer) before reading caliper 5.) Take duplicate measures at each site and retest if duplicate measurements are not within 1 to 2 mm 6.) Rotate through measurement sites or allow time for skin to regain normal texture and thickness ¹American College of Sports Medicine. ACSM's Guidelines For Exercise Testing and Prescription. 6th Edition. USA, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2000;65. Male Body Fat Calculator
1. Enter your age, weight, pounds or kilograms, and inches or centimeters.
Age Weight Pounds Kilograms Inches Centimeters
2. Select one of the following methods to calculate your body fat percentage.

Jackson/Pollock 7 Caliper Method (mm) Chest Abdominal Thigh Tricep Subscapular Suprailiac Midaxillary	Jackson/Pollock 3 Caliper Method (mm) Chest Abdominal Thigh	Jackson/Pollock 4 Caliper Method (mm) Abdominal Thigh Tricep Suprailiac	Parrillo Caliper Method (mm) Chest Abdominal Thigh Bicep Tricep Subscapular Suprailiac Lower Back Calf	Durnin/Womersley Caliper Method (mm) Bicep Tricep Subscapular Suprailiac	Tape Measurement Method (inches/cm) Height Neck Abdomen
3. Your body fat percentage results:

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Body Fat Caliper Measurement Sites - Women Chest - Diagonal fold, one third of the way between upper armpit and nipple Midaxillary - Horizontal fold, directly below armpit Bicep - Vertical fold, halfway between shoulder and elbow, directly on bicep Abdominal - Vertical fold, one inch to the right of navel Suprailiac - Diagonal fold, directly above iliac crest Thigh- Vertical fold, midway between knee cap and top of thigh Calf - Vertical fold, inside of leg on largest part of calf Subscapular - Diagonal fold, directly below shoulder blade Tricep - Vertical fold, midway between elbow and shoulder Lower Back - Horizontal fold, directly over the kidneys, and 2 inches to the right of spine Click here for images for body fat calculator measurement sites Body Fat Caliper Procedures¹ 1.) All measurement should be made on the right side of the body 2.) Caliper should be placed 1 cm away from the thumb and finger, perpendicular to the skinfold, and halfway between the crest and the base of the fold 3.) Pinch should be maintained while reading the caliper 4.) Wait 1 to 2 s (and not longer) before reading caliper 5.) Take duplicate measures at each site and retest if duplicate measurements are not within 1 to 2 mm 6.) Rotate through measurement sites or allow time for skin to regain normal texture and thickness ¹American College of Sports Medicine. ACSM's Guidelines For Exercise Testing and Prescription. 6th Edition. USA, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2000;65. Female Body Fat Calculator
1. Enter your age, weight, pounds or kilograms, and inches or centimeters.
Age Weight Pounds Kilograms Inches Centimeters
2. Select one of the following methods to calculate your body fat percentage.

Jackson/Pollock 7 Caliper Method (mm) Chest Abdominal Thigh Tricep Subscapular Suprailiac Midaxillary	Jackson/Pollock 3 Caliper Method (mm) Tricep Suprailiac Thigh	Jackson/Pollock 4 Caliper Method (mm) Abdominal Thigh Tricep Suprailiac	Parrillo Caliper Method (mm) Chest Abdominal Thigh Bicep Tricep Subscapular Suprailiac Lower Back Calf	Durnin/Womersley Caliper Method (mm) Bicep Tricep Subscapular Suprailiac	Tape Measurement Method (inches/cm) Height Neck Waist Hips
3. Your body fat percentage results:

Body Fat % Lbs/Kgs of Body Fat Lean Body Weight Body Fat Percentage Categories				BODY TRACKER CD-ROM $19.95 MY WORKOUT TRAINER CD-ROM $29.95 FATTRACK GOLD DIGITAL BODY FAT CALIPER $29.95 ACCUMEASURE FITNESS 3000 BODY FAT CALIPER $13.95 SLIM GUIDE BODY FAT CALIPER $19.95 FAT CONTROL BODY FAT CALIPER $9.95 FAT ANALYZER $39.95 MYOTAPE BODY TAPE MEASURE $7.95 Find out how tracking my body fat with Body Tracker helped me go from flabby to entering my first figure competition. Read more...
SOURCES Jackson/Pollock equations A.S. Jackson and M.L. Pollock. Practical assessment of body composition. Physician Sport Med 13:76-90, 1985 Parrillo equation High-performance bodybuilding. J. Parillo and M. Greenwood-Robinson. Berkeley Publishing group. NY. pp. 169-172. Durnin/Womersley equation Durnin, J.V.G.A. and J. Womersley. 1974. Body fat assessed from total body density and its estimation from skinfold thisckness: measeurements on 481 men and women aged from 15 to 72 years. Bristish Journal of nutrition 32:77-97. Tape measure equation Tape Measurement equations developed by J.A. Hodgdon and K. Friedl. Development of the DoD body composition estimation equations. Technical Document No. 99-2B. Naval Health Research Center, San Diego, California 1999 Siri, W.E. (1961). Body composition from fluid space and density. In J. Brozek A. Hanschel (Eds.), Techniques for measuring body composition (pp. 2230244). Washington, DC: National Academy of Science.