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The 10% Solution For A Healthy Life, Appendix 4

by	Raymond Kurzweil

Body Fat Charts

DETERMINING PERCENTAGE BODY FAT FOR WOMEN

Determine constants A, B, and C from the tables below.
Your percentage of body fat = A + B - C.

HIPS	ABDOMEN	HEIGHT
(AT WIDEST POINT)	(AT LEVEL OF NAVEL)

INCHES	CONSTANT A	INCHES	CONSTANT B	INCHES	CONSTANT C

30	33.48	20	14.22	55	33.52
31	34.87	21	1493	56	34.13
32	36.27	22	15.64	57	34.74
33	37.67	23	16.35	58	35.35
34	39.06	24	17.06	59	35.96
35	40.46	25	17.78	60	36.57
36	41.86	26	18.49	61	37.18
37	43.25	27	19.20	62	37.79
38	44.65	28	19.91	63	38.40
39	46.05	29	20.62	64	39.01
40	47.44	30	21.33	65	39.62
41	48.84	31	22.04	66	40.23
42	50.24	32	22.75	67	40.84
43	51.64	33	23.46	68	41.45
44	53.03	34	24.18	69	42.06
45	54.43	35	24.89	70	42.67
46	55.83	36	25.60	71	43.28
47	57.22	37	26.31	72	43.89
48	58.62	38	27.02	73	44.50
49	60.02	39	27.73	74	45.11
50	61.42	40	28.44	75	45.72
51	62.81	41	29.15	76	46.32
52	64.21	42	29.87	77	46. 93
53	65.61	43	30.58	78	47.54
54	67.00	44	31.29	79	48.15
55	68.40	45	32.00	80	48.76
56	69.80	46	32.71	81	49.37
57	71.19	47	33.42	82	49.98
58	72.59	48	34.13	83	50.59
59	73.99	49	34.84	84	51.20
60	75.39	50	35.56	85	51.81

DETERMINING PERCENTAGE OF BODY FAT FOR MEN

Determine your abdominal circumference at the level of your navel.
Measure your wrist circumference in front of the wrist bones where the wrist bends.
Subtract wrist circumference from abdominal circumference.
Determine your weight.
Look up your percentage of body fat in the table below.

ABDOMINAL CIRCUMFERENCE MINUS WRIST CIRCUMFERENCE (INCHES)

WEIGHT	22	22.5	23	23.5	24	24.5	25	25.5	26	26.5	27	27.5	28	28.5

120	4	6	8	10	12	14	16	18	20	21	23	25	27	29
125	4	6	7	9	11	13	15	17	19	20	22	24	26	28
130	3	5	7	9	11	12	14	16	18	20	21	23	25	27
135	3	5	7	8	10	12	13	15	17	19	20	22	24	26
140	3	5	6	8	10	11	13	15	16	18	19	21	23	24
145	3	4	6	7	9	11	12	14	15	17	19	20	22	23
150	2	4	6	7	9	10	12	13	15	16	18	19	21	23
155	2	4	5	7	8	10	11	13	14	16	17	19	20	22
160	2	4	5	6	8	9	11	12	14	15	17	18	19	21
165	2	3	5	6	8	9	10	12	13	15	16	17	19	20
170	2	3	4	6	7	9	10	11	13	14	15	17	18	19
175	2	3	4	6	7	8	10	11	12	13	15	16	17	19
180	1	3	4	5	7	8	9	10	12	13	14	16	17	18
185	1	3	4	5	6	8	9	10	11	13	14	15	16	18
190	1	2	4	5	6	7	8	10	11	12	13	15	16	17
195	1	2	3	5	6	7	8	9	11	12	13	14	15	16
200	1	2	3	4	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	14	15	16
205	1	2	3	4	5	6	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
210	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	11	12	13	14	15
215	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	15
220	0	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
225	0	1	2	3	4	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
230	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
235	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
240	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
245	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	9	10	11	12
250	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
255	0	1	2	3	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
260	0	1	2	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	10	11
265	0	1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	8	9	10	11
270	0	1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	7	8	9	10	11
275	0	0	1	2	3	4	5	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
280	0	0	1	2	3	4	4	5	6	7	8	9	9	10
285	0	0	1	2	3	4	4	5	6	7	8	8	9	10
290	0	0	1	2	3	3	4	5	6	7	7	8	9	10
295	0	0	1	2	2	3	4	5	6	6	7	8	9	10
300	0	0	1	2	2	3	4	5	5	6	7	8	9	9

DETERMINING PERCENTAGE OF BODY FAT FOR MEN

ABDOMINAL CIRCUMFERENCE MINUS WRIST CIRCUMFERENCE (INCHES)

WEIGHT	29	29.5	30	30.5	31	31.5	32	32.5	33	33.5	34	34.5	35	35.5	36

120	31	33	35	37	39	41	43	45	47	49	50	52	54	56	58
125	30	32	33	35	37	39	41	43	45	46	48	50	52	54	56
130	28	30	32	34	36	37	39	41	43	44	46	48	50	52	53
135	27	29	31	32	34	36	38	39	41	43	44	46	48	50	51
140	26	28	29	31	33	34	36	38	39	41	43	44	46	48	49
145	25	27	28	30	31	33	35	36	38	39	41	43	4.1	46	47
150	24	26	27	29	30	32	33	35	36	38	40	41	43	44	46
155	23	25	26	28	29	31	32	34	35	37	38	40	41	43	44
160	22	24	25	27	28	30	31	33	34	35	37	38	40	41	43
165	22	23	24	26	27	29	30	31	33	34	36	37	38	40	41
170	21	22	24	25	26	28	29	30	32	33	34	36	37	39	40
175	20	21	23	24	25	27	28	29	31	32	33	35	36	37	39
180	19	21	22	23	25	26	27	28	30	31	32	34	35	36	37
185	19	20	21	23	24	25	26	28	29	30	31	33	34	35	36
190	18	19	21	22	23	24	26	27	28	29	30	32	33	34	35
195	18	19	20	21	22	24	25	26	27	28	30	31	32	33	34
200	17	18	19	21	22	23	24	25	26	28	29	30	31	32	33
205	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32
210	16	17	18	19	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	32
215	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	28	29	30	31
220	15	16	17	18	19	20	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
225	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29
230	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
235	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
240	14	15	16	17	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27
245	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27
250	13	14	15	16	17	18	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
255	13	14	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	24	25
260	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	19	20	21	22	23	24	25
265	12	13	14	15	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	22	23	24
270	12	13	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	19	20	21	22	23	24
275	11	12	13	14	15	16	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	22	23
280	11	12	13	14	14	15	16	17	18	19	19	20	21	22	23
285	11	12	12	13	14	15	16	17	17	18	19	20	21	21	22
290	11	11	12	13	14	15	15	16	17	18	19	19	20	21	22
295	10	11	12	13	14	14	15	16	17	17	18	19	20	21	21
300	10	11	12	12	13	14	15	16	16	17	18	19	19	20	21

DETERMINING PERCENTAGE OF BODY FAT FOR MEN

ABDOMINAL CIRCUMFERENCE MINUS WRIST CIRCUMFERENCE (INCHES)

WEIGHT	36.5	37	37.5	38	38.5	39	39.5	40	40.5	41	41.5	42	42.5	43

120	60	62	64	66	68	70	72	74	76	77	79	81	83	85
125	58	59	61	63	65	67	69	71	72	74	76	78	80	82
130	55	57	59	61	62	64	66	68	69	71	73	75	77	78
135	53	55	56	58	60	62	63	65	67	68	70	72	74	75
140	51	53	54	56	58	59	61	63	64	66	68	69	71	72
145	49	51	52	54	55	57	59	60	62	63	65	67	68	70
150	47	49	50	52	53	55	57	58	60	61	63	64	66	67
155	46	47	49	50	52	53	55	56	58	59	61	62	64	65
160	44	46	47	48	50	51	53	54	56	57	59	60	61	63
165	43	44	45	47	48	50	51	52	54	55	57	58	60	61
170	41	43	44	45	47	48	49	51	52	54	55	56	58	59
175	40	41	43	44	45	47	48	49	51	52	53	55	56	57
180	39	40	41	43	44	45	47	48	49	50	52	53	54	56
185	38	39	40	41	43	44	45	46	48	49	50	51	53	54
190	37	38	39	40	41	43	44	45	46	48	49	50	51	52
195	35	37	38	39	40	41	43	44	45	46	47	49	50	51
200	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	43	44	45	46	47	48	50
205	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	43	44	45	46	47	48
210	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	42	43	44	45	46	47
215	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	42	43	44	45	46
220	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	41	42	43	44	45
225	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	40	41	42	43	44
230	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43
235	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42
240	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41
245	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40
250	27	28	29	30	31	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39
255	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	35	36	37	38
260	26	27	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	35	36	37
265	25	26	27	28	29	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	36
270	25	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	31	32	33	34	34	35
275	24	25	26	27	27	28	29	30	31	32	32	33	34	35
280	24	24	25	26	27	28	29	29	30	31	32	33	33	33
285	23	24	25	26	26	27	28	29	30	30	31	32	33	34
290	23	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	29	30	31	31	32	33
295	22	23	24	25	25	26	27	28	28	29	30	31	32	32
300	22	22	23	24	25	26	26	27	28	29	29	30	31	32

DETERMINING PERCENTAGE OF BODY FAT FOR MEN

ABDOMINAL CIRCUMFERENCE MINUS WRIST CIRCUMFERENCE (INCHES)

WEIGHT	43.5	44	44.5	45	45.5	46	46.5	47	47.5	48	48.5	49	49.5	50

120	87	89	91	93	95	97	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99
125	84	85	87	89	91	93	95	96	98	99	99	99	99	99
130	80	82	84	86	87	89	91	93	94	96	98	99	99	99
135	77	79	80	82	84	86	87	89	91	92	94	96	98	99
140	74	76	77	79	81	82	84	86	87	89	91	92	94	96
145	71	73	75	76	78	79	81	83	84	86	87	89	91	92
150	69	70	72	74	75	77	78	80	81	83	84	86	87	89
155	67	68	70	71	73	74	76	77	79	80	82	83	85	86
160	64	66	67	69	70	72	73	75	76	77	79	80	82	83
165	62	64	65	67	68	69	71	72	74	75	76	78	79	81
170	60	62	63	64	66	67	69	70	71	73	74	75	77	78
175	59	60	61	63	64	65	66	68	69	70	72	73	74	76
180	57	58	59	61	62	63	65	66	67	68	70	71	72	74
185	55	56	58	59	60	61	63	64	65	66	68	69	70	71
190	54	55	56	57	58	60	61	62	63	65	66	67	68	69
195	52	53	55	56	57	58	59	60	62	63	64	65	66	68
200	51	52	53	54	55	57	58	59	60	61	62	63	65	66
205	49	51	52	53	54	55	56	57	58	60	61	62	63	64
210	48	49	50	51	53	54	55	56	57	58	59	60	61	62
215	47	48	49	50	51	52	53	54	56	57	58	59	60	61
220	46	47	48	49	50	51	52	53	54	55	56	57	58	59
225	45	46	47	48	49	50	51	52	53	54	55	56	57	58
230	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	51	52	53	54	55	56	57
235	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	51	51	52	53	54	55
240	42	43	44	45	46	46	47	48	49	50	51	52	53	54
245	41	42	43	44	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	51	52	53
250	40	41	42	43	44	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	51	52
255	39	40	41	42	43	44	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	51
260	38	39	40	41	42	43	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50
265	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	43	44	45	46	47	48	49
270	37	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	43	44	45	46	47	48
275	36	37	38	38	39	40	41	42	43	43	44	45	46	47
280	35	36	37	38	38	39	40	41	42	43	43	44	45	46
285	34	35	36	37	38	39	39	40	41	42	43	43	44	45
290	34	35	35	36	37	38	39	39	40	41	42	43	43	44
295	33	34	35	36	36	37	38	39	39	40	41	42	43	43
300	33	33	34	35	36	36	37	38	39	39	40	41	42	43

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		body fat measurement posted on 05/19/2002 9:17 AM by patgilroy@hotmail.com	[Top] [Mind·X] [Reply to this post]
	there are reasonably cheap simple to use scales available today to give fairly accurate measurements. TANITA makes a few that combine both regualr scale with the body fat meter by simply running a small current through the body while you stand barefoot on the scale. OMRON make a few where a small current is passed through the body while holding eleectrodes on the instrument. (You must wigh yourself on a separate instrument). These are all available from WEB companies or walk-in catalogue shops (such as ARGOS in the UK and Ireland). Priced $50 - $70 (US Dollars). Much simpler than the circumference minus wrist calculations.