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Body fat calculator

Your body fat percentage from a tape measure, with the US Navy method. Free, nothing leaves your browser.

Your body fat

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—% body fat

Measure with a tape and fill in your numbers.

Fabee keeps your food log, so you can see what moves the trend.

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An estimate for adults, not medical advice. Pregnant, under 18 or managing a health condition? Ask your doctor.

How it works

The US Navy method estimates body fat from circumferences: waist at the navel and neck for men; waist at its narrowest, hips and neck for women; plus height. Measure on bare skin, relaxed, tape level and snug but not tight.

It’s an estimate, about 3 percentage points either way for most people. The trend over weeks, measured the same way, tells you more than one number.

Sources: Hodgdon & Beckett, Prediction of percent body fat for U.S. Navy men and women, Naval Health Research Center, 1984.

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