Body Fat Calculator (Durnin-Womersley)
Body Fat Calculator (Durnin-Womersley): a planned Super Calculator tool. Covers sex and age band. Stub page while the tool and its worked example are prepared.
Body Fat Calculator (Durnin-Womersley) is a planned calculator in the health section of Super Calculator, covering energy and body composition.
What this calculator will compute
Inputs: sex, age band and four skinfold thicknesses (mm).
Outputs: body density and body fat (%).
Formula, recorded as scope and not yet verified against a primary source: Durnin and Womersley 1974: body density = c - m * log10(sum of biceps, triceps, subscapular and suprailiac skinfolds), with c and m taken from an age-band and sex-specific table, then converted to body fat with Siri.
Status
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