Quick Health Tip – Formulas For Skinfold Measurement

Formulas related to skinfold are:

• 7-Site formula, which uses the sum of all of the abdomen, chest, thigh, triceps, midaxillary, suprailiac, subscapular, and medial calf.
• Body density = 1.112 – (.000043499*7-site) + (.00000055*7-site^2)-(.00029*age)
• 4-Site = sum of abdomen, suprailiac, triceps, and thigh
• 3-Site = sum of chest, abdomen, and thigh for males; sum of triceps, abdomen, suprailiac for females
• Percent Body Fat Males = (.3929 * sum of three skinfolds) – (.00105 * sum of three skinfold^2) + (.1577*age)-5.1885; sum of three skinfold in this case includes abdomen, suprailiac, triceps)
• Percent Body Fat Females = (.41563 * sum of three skinfolds) – (.00112 * sum of three skinfold^2) + (.3661*age) +4.03653; sum of three skinfold in this case includes abdomen, suprailiac, triceps)

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