With dexa we can measure your lean mass body fat percentage bone density as well as your visceral adipose tissue which is the fat surrounding your internal organs. Well talk about the healthy range for men and women and the limitations. For women their percentage of body fat in relation to age should be between 25 and 31. Skinfold measurements have been used to estimate body fat for over 50 years skinfold calipers measure the thickness of your subcutaneous fat the fat underneath the skin at certain body. Then input your gender and measurements below to receive a body fat index based on average values. To get the best results measure to the nearest 14 inch 05 cm.
Use a tape measure to determine your waist wrist hip and forearm circumference. A full test requires only about 5 minutes and provides highly accurate safe comfortable and fast test results. 3 however that is just the minimum amount. Body fat weight weight lean body mass. The bod pod gold standard body composition tracking system is an air displacement plethysmograph which uses whole body densitometry to determine body composition fat and fat free mass in adults. If you are interested how it works here are the formulas we use.
Determine your body fat percentage with our body fat calculator. The body fat calculator can be used to estimate your total body fat based on specific measurements. The average adult male body fat percentage should be between 18 and 25. Calculating body fat percentage isnt always completely accurate and there are many methods to try. Lean body mass men weight 1082 9442 waist 415. The body fat index is not an indicator of fitness level since the calculation is made with no regard.
Lean body mass women weight 0732 8987 wrist 3140 waist 0157 hip 0249 forearm 0434. According to various sources the minimum limit of body fat is around 2 5 for men 2 and 10 13 for women. Use the metric units tab if you are more comfortable with the international system of units si. We offer the absolute gold standard in body composition analysis using the lunar prodigy ge dexa scanner.