How do you determine your correct body fat percentage?

[lmEbley]

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Hi ImEbley,

Put 'body fat percentage' into a search engine abd you'll find the various measurements you need.

Or some of the "clever" scales will include that, after you have input various measurements.

Whether a body fat level is good or bad depends on a number of things including gender and age.

Like many things to do with weight loss though, e.g. BMI, you need to regard it as more like an indication, rather than as a perfectly precise measurement.

You can also get proper body scans which measure it somewhat more precisely, but they are not easily available. If you saw the Hairy Dieters programmes, you'll know what I mean.

All in all, I'm not truly sure that knowing your body fat percentage is any more helpful than knowing your BMI. And the latter is certainly easier to find out, you just need your weight and height.

[lmEbley]

Many thanks for your very helpful reply.