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Information regarding calculating body fat percentage for males and females - includes body fat calculator and formula. The calculator below calculates the percentage of fat your body contains. For example: If you weigh 220 pounds and the calculator reads you have 10% fat, then your body consists of approx. 22 pounds of fat and 198 pounds of body mass. The percentage of body fat for women is greater than that for men. A person's total body fat percentage is the weight of the person's fat divided by the person's weight, which reflects both essential and storage fat. What is Essential Fat? Essential fat is that amount of fat necessary for maintenance of life and reproductive functions. Essential fat is 2–5% in men, and 10–13% in women. A certain percentage of body fat is essential to human functions such as: insulating internal organs and tissues, regulating body temperature, and as energy storage. What is Storage Fat? Storage fat consists of fat accumulation in adipose tissue, whose main role is to store energy in the form of fat, part of which protects internal organs in the chest and abdomen. Our body fat calculator uses the standard U.S. Navy Circumference Measurement, this is where three or four seperate body measurements are entered into the body fat percentage calculator in order to estimate the percentage of your body comprised of fat. Body Fat and BMI: Body fat can also be estimated from your Body mass index or BMI. There are a number of formulae that relate body fat to BMI. Note these calculations are only an estimate and there will be variations around the results, as slightly over for obesity - see our Body Mass Index Calculator Disabled World (www.disabled-world.com) provides a large range of worldwide health and disability information. Disabled World Welcomes Health and Disability Related Press Releases and Article Submissions © Copyright 2011 - Disabled World News - www.disabled-world.com |