body fat question?

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im 155 cm tall short i know im a male and im 60 kg some one did my body fat and it was 23 percent but i dont look that fat how can doing some thing as adding you heigh and weight get your percentage of body fat??? i also did my bmi thingy and it said im ova weight do theses things really work or what if they do explain how

2007-05-07 18:51:19 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diet & Fitness

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the BMI is not as accurate as the body fat percentage.

get yourself some hand calipers and learn to take your own bf readings.

http://www.heartratemonitorsusa.com/Pages/Calipers-pages-new/Accu-Measure-Fat-Calipers/Accu-fat-new.html

2007-05-07 19:01:23 · answer #1 · answered by lv_consultant 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋