Talk:Body fat percentage
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While it is true that on average women have a higher percentage of body fat, it doesn't follow that less muscle mass means a higher percentage of body fat. Women could simply weigh less and have a body fat percentage equal to men's.
The fact that women do have a higher body fat percentage begs better explanation. Perhaps the higher percentage is related to helping a woman survive the demands of pregnancy. At any rate, I think we should seek a more useful explanation than simply "less muscle mass." Rklawton 17:43, 10 February 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Durnin Womersley skinfold conversion
I would like it if you would include the Durnin and Womersley skinfold conversion tables or a link to them.
[edit] Body fat percentage categories
I searched the American Council on Exercise web site for body fat percentage categories, and found no information about them there. Please provide the URL so that the info on body fat percentage categories could be verified. Thank you. Rightnow 11:09, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
I couldn't find information on the categories that the ACE website, but it appears on this website with ACE listed as a source. http://www.healthchecksystems.com/bodyfat.htm
Essential fat 2-5%? You're about to die if you're at 4%. These figures are not only wrong but dangerous!
Essential fat is 2-5%, but that's not the minimum recommended body fat percentage. There is a minimum recommended amount of storage fat on top of essential fat. Including the row marked "essential fat" in the chart is misleading, because nobody should be at that level. Note also that the range between 4 and 6 % for men and 12 and 14 % for women is missing in that oft-referenced chart. I believe this is the range within which bodybuilders compete. 70.49.14.193 19:37, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
I found this reference: http://www.healthchecksystems.com/bodyfat.htm . According to what is written there, the percentages are to be corrected.
Shouldn't the recommended body fat percentages be adjusted for age as well as sex? Neither the table in this article nor the table at http://www.healthchecksystems.com/bodyfat.htm make any distinctions between age groups. --67.150.122.125 20:28, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Acceptable to Obesity
How can you go from acceptable body fat directly to obese? Isn't there an overweight category?
[edit] Link to skinfold calculation is removed
Not sure why the skinfold calculators have been removed as spam? Should the others be removed as well?
I don't know about removing things because of spam. What kind of external links are allowed? I removed some links November 24th that were not related to true body fat percentage measures. Is that okay to do? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.49.14.193 (talk • contribs).
- See Wikipedia's External links policy. Also, please sign your posts by adding four tildes (~~~~) at the end. -- Mwanner | Talk 18:15, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] BMI to Body Fat Estimator
Added this link as I find this quite useful. Another alternative way to estimate your body fat percentage. Cheers! --Romansemko 14:08, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
- As the discussion on the site shows (as does common sense) it is just not an accurate method. I have removed it. -- Mwanner | Talk 14:52, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Recommendations section
I find the last sentence ot the Recommendations section to be absurd: "It can be dangerous to maintain a body fat percentage at the low end of this range for more than a few days or a few hours." I understand that it can be dangerous to have so little fat, but that sentence seems to imply that people need to watch out for fluctuations in the short term. I have added a citation needed tag, because I am not convinced that body fat percentage can change significantly in a matter of hours, and be the cause of problems. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 152.1.165.55 (talk) 18:11, 15 March 2007 (UTC).
