Body Fat Calculator (US Navy Method)
Body Fat Calculator (US Navy Method): a planned Super Calculator tool. Covers sex. Stub page: the tool, its formula and a worked example are not published yet.
Body Fat Calculator (US Navy Method) is a planned calculator in the health section of Super Calculator, covering energy and body composition.
What this calculator will compute
Inputs: sex, height (cm), neck (cm), waist (cm), hip (cm and female).
Outputs: body fat (%), fat mass (kg) and lean mass (kg).
Formula, recorded as scope and not yet verified against a primary source: Hodgdon and Beckett circumference equations adopted by the US Navy: log-transformed regressions on neck and waist circumference for men, plus hip circumference for women, with a height term. Body fat % = 495 / (density expression) - 450 in the Siri-derived form.
Status
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