body fat

I've seen a lot of sites that talk about what my body fat but does that also depend on age? I'm 26.

Thu. Jan 5, 1:47pm

no age has nothing to do with it

body fat or more precisely Body Mass Index has to do with weight height and bone structure.

go to diet and fitness there in info there

Thursday, January 05, 2006, 2:32 PM

Body fat and body mass index (BMI) are two different things. You need some sort of tool to compute your body fat - it's purely the percentage of your body weight that's comprised of fat. There's an equation to compute BMI, which is a little less meaningless but still a good measure - if you're overly muscular, you'll weigh a lot and may be considered "obese" by BMI standards, but in reality you may be very healthy; the opposite is also true. Body fat can be measured, rather unaccurately, by at-home scales that measure body fat; a little more accurately by trainers who have "pinchers" and take measurements at many parts of your body, and very accurately in places where they submerge you and measure water displacement, or a few other techniques, all of which are rather hard to come by.

Age is not a factor in either, they're just about body composition.

Thursday, January 05, 2006, 3:02 PM

Thanks. This is great.

Thursday, January 05, 2006, 8:13 PM

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