Sun, Sep-29-02, 13:40
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Plan: Primal/P:E
Stats: 171/145/145
BF:
Progress: 100%
Location: Southern Ontario, Canada
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I don't think there's such thing as an official "Body fat index," per se. I think it's a term to describe different protocols for estimating body fat based on caliper measurements.
I know that BMI is a *very* general index of body weight with respect to height - it doesn't take body fat into account.
I think it's a coincidence that the BMI numbers are similar to body fat percent values. A healthy BMI is something like 19-25 for both men and women, but healthy body fat ranges are different. It's similar for women (19-25%), but for men, it's less. I think it's 10-15% or something like that (don't quote me.)
Interesting - I never noticed the similarity before.
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