bmi and body fat percenatge
is bmi the same as body fat percentage?
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Hi CuteBlonde,
No BMI and Body Fat percentage are different things. BMI or Body Mass Index is a formula that determines whether you are in a good weight range for your height. Here is a BMI calculator: Calculate your Body Mass Index But this index doesn't take body composition into consideration. Since muscle weighs more than fat, a person with a high weight but very low body fat may appear obese on the BMI. There are several different ways to determine body fat, none of them terribly accurate. A useful thread on the issue is: Using BF% as goal Just as an example... my BMI is 23.1 but my BF% is 29-30%. Quite different numbers that mean different things. Hope that helps. :) |
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