How Accurate is a Body Fat Calculator?
The other day we were shopping at the local department store when we happened by the bathroom scales. Many now include a body fat calculator built right into the unit. According to the device, you can quickly find your body fat percentage. But the question is, how accurate is this body fat calculator? Fat burning is one of the quickest ways to lower your total body weight. We all know that the body requires a certain amount of fat, but there is a point where the excess actually makes you less healthy. That tipping point is the number that you need to concentrate on. If you are over that number and want to dramatically improve your health, lowering your body fat is what you should be concentrating on. In most tests we saw, the bathroom scales with the built-in body fat calculator were actually a little high. When compared to the tape-measure method of calculating body fat, or the caliper method, the electronic scale, which works by determining the resistance of a small electrical curren
