Body fat calculator

How to calculate body fat?

Select if you are a man or a woman and enter your weight and waist. Make sure that you select the right measuring units, pounds or kilograms for weight and inches or centimeters for waist, measured at navel level.

This free online calculator will accurately measure the fat index or quantity of your body and will express it in percentages and in pounds or kilograms.

It is a good idea to use the body fat calculator on a regular basis, in order to estimate your current fitness level and to know if you need burning exercises, a weight loss or gain diet.

Extremes are not good. The both will reduce your overall performance and can lead to health problems. Overweight can lead to conditions such as diabetes, high cholesterol, heart disease and other serious conditions. Being underfat is not a good idea as well. Several health complications are likely to appear in this case: general malaise, fatigue, increased risk of fractures, loss of reproductive function, dehydration, and starvation caused by nutrient deficiencies and fluid electrolyte imbalance due to low food intake.

Become healthier and slimmer by keeping it within a reasonable level with the help of sport and diet.

Because the ideal levels vary by age and gender it is also worth to check these age adjusted ideal body fat percentage recommendations.