Richard bergman call the new measure the relative fat mass index or rfm. In other words rfm was almost as good a gauge of body fat as a specialist bit of medical equipment and all it needs is a tape measure.
Pdf Relative Fat Mass Rfm As A New Estimator Of Whole Body
Rfm measurement body fat. 64 20 x heightwaist circumference women. To determine relative fat mass rfm you need to measure your height as well as your waist circumference. If rfm corresponds to dxa. Measure your height and waist in either meters and centimeters or feet and inches enter your sex and hit calculate for an estimate. A healthy rfm would be an rfm where youre not obese. Relative fat mass rfm is a simple formula for the estimation of overweight or obesity in humans that requires only a calculation based on a ratio of height and waist measurements.
To measure your waist place the tape measure right at the top of the hip bone and reach. It plugs your height and your waist circumference into a formula and the resulting number is roughly equal to your body fat percentage. High body fat is associated with increased risks of poor health and early mortality. From the 365 anthropometric indices generated the final selected equation was as follows. The relative fat mass rfm index estimates body fat percentage based on the ratio of height and waist measurements. 76 20 x heightwaist circumference how to interpret relative fat mass results.
Based on data from 3456 adult patients in the us the rfm measurements closely matched those taken by a high tech dxa body scan widely considered the gold standard for measuring body tissue bone muscle and fat. This fat mass index is considered a simple anthropometric procedure easier to estimate than other body fat percentage methods and more accurate than the body mass index bmi. It uses w a ist to height ratio to estimate body fat percentage either measured by caliper or dxa scan. Looking at the equations another way relative fat mass rfm in both metric and american measurements is. Relative fat mass rfm. 64 20 heightwaist circumference 12 sex named as the relative fat mass rfm.
Their recent study found this simple measure is better at predicting body fat percentage than bmi. They arbitrarily defined obesity as dxa measured body fat percentage 339 for women and 228 for men. On this page is a body fat estimate calculator. Body fat estimate calculator using waist to height ratio rfm advertising disclosures. Woolcott and his co author dr.
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