Calculate your body fat percentage for free and learn what it means for your best of health.

How to calculate body fat percentage

Use the image above to learn how to calculate your body fat percentage, and measure up to 0.5cm or 0.25inch accuracy:

• men need to measure neck, height and smallest waist
   
• women need to calculate neck, height, hips and waist at the level of the navel

Once you have your body measurements, fill in the body fat calculator below and click calculate.

What does your body fat percentage tell you?

According to your age and sex, body fat percentages % are interpret by the colored body fat percentage chart above or the body fat calculation table below:

Body fat calculation interpretation according to your age and sex.

What to do now you calculated your body fat percentage?

First you need to see in which category you are. If you are considered healthy, then consider yourself to be good. Otherwise consult your doctor or dietician about what to do next.

Most American citizens will have a body fat percentage that says overweight or obese. Do know that high levels of body fat are a major concern the world over and linked with:

• high blood pressure,
   
• diabetes and
   
• heart disease

Low levels of body fat can disrupt basic body function upsetting:

• the storage of vitamins in your body
   
• the proper cushioning of major organs and
   
• your body temperature.

Regular body fat percentage calculations combined with regular exercise and a balanced diet based on unprocessed food will bring most people back into the healthy category.