Health & Fitness

Body Fat Percentage Calculator

Estimate body fat percentage with the US Navy circumference method (male formula).

The Navy method estimates body fat from a few tape-measure readings instead of calipers or scans. This version uses the male formula; treat the result as a ballpark, not a lab-grade reading.

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How accurate is the tape-measure method?

Within a few percentage points for most people, which is close enough for tracking trend over time even if the absolute number is imprecise.