Body Fat Pinch Measurement Chart

It is a key player in a variety of health problems much more so than subcutaneous fat the kind you can grasp or pinch with your hand. Find where the column with your millimeter reading intersects with the row with your age range. Two fifths of the way from 203 to 218 is approximately 209. Obtain your body fat measurement in millimeters using the accu measure body fat caliper. The number at this intersection is your body fat percentage. How do i take body fat caliper measurements.

Enter the average in millimeters of three belly caliper tests or click the button to enter three measurements and have the calculator compute the average for you plus enter it into the appropriate field. Bmi for the ratio of human body weight to squared height was coined in a paper published in the july 1972 edition of the. The bodyfat for 48mm is 203 and for 45mm it is 218. Referring to the chart for males we find bodyfat listings for 40 and 45mm. 42mm is 25ths of the way between 40 and 45. For each of the skinfold sites take three measurements and use the average of those three.

For measurements over 36mm add 25 for every millimeter pinched above 36mm. Caliper procedures all calculator measurements should be made on the right side of the body caliper should be placed 1 cm away from thumb and finger perpendicular to skinfold and halfway between crest and base of fold pinch should be maintained while reading the caliper. Place the body fat calipers less than 12 inch from your pinch midway between the crest and the base. The vertical pinch is mostly used as the fat folds easier with most people. Healthy body fat percentage chart classification. A vertical or horizontal fold is taken 2 centimeters to the right of the bellybutton umbilicus.

With the skinfold in hand you need to pinch hard to get the water out hard enough that you cause minor discomfort.