Top 5 reasons to know your body fat percent (%)

1. Establish a baseline

Determine your starting point.
“If you don’t know where you started, how will you know when you’ve made progress?”

2. Determine a goal weight

Establish a goal weight that is realistic and based on a healthy body fat percent.

Goal weight calculator
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3. Identify health risk

An unhealthy amount of body fat puts you at an increased risk for obesity related diseases such as high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, and heart disease.

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4. Prevent BMI misclassification

The BMI (body mass index) calculator does not measure body fat. Therefore, it may misclassify you as overweight when you are not overfat. Know your percent (%) body fat to prevent this.

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5. Measure Progress

Track changes in your body fat percent to know if you are losing fat and not just weight.

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