Body measurements

Step on the scale to determine. Measure your neck. Use your last recorded height measurement at the doctors office or use a tape measure to determine your height. Measure just inferior to the larynx with sloping slightly downward to the front narrowest point. Body fat for men step 1. For example if your waist is 30 your hips are.

A 64 inch tall woman with a neck measurement of 12 inches waist 28 inches and hips 42 inches has 34 percent body fat. For women the formula is 163205 x log10 waist hip neck 97684 x log10 height in inches 78387. Neck standing measure your neck at its largest girth right over the adams apple. Keep the tape level at the same height on the front and back of the neck. Remove your clothing and use the bathroom when you get out of bed in the morning. Measure your hips at the widest point below your waist while keeping your feet together for an accurate measurement.

Measure at the widest point of the abdomen at the level of your naval umbilicus. Place the tape flat around your neck just below the larynx adams apple. Take all measurements with the tape flat against your skin but not compressing it. Look straight ahead and relax your shoulders without hunching. Shoulder standing can either be measured as a straight line from the largest points on each shoulder across the chest or as a girth measurement all the way around the body. Skinfold calipers measure the thickness of your subcutaneous fat the fat underneath the skin at certain body locations.

For example a 72 inch tall male with a neck measurement of 16 and a waist measurement of 36 has 19 percent body fat. To calculate body fat percentage add your waist and hip measurements and then subtract the neck measurement to determine your circumference value. Measurements are taken at either 3 or 7 different sites on the body.