How do you measure body fat percentage?

There are five ways body fat percentage is estimated it's a useful tool to track your progress but the reasons for doing this calculation goes beyond asthetics. Research has shown that people with 25% or greater BFP have greater amounts of viceral fat. The percenatge of viceral fat is directly linked with many diseases which include Diabetes, to Liver and Kidney disease, Cardiovascular diseases as well as cancer. Viceral fat has also been linked to premature death and at a time of medical advances where 70 is not considered very old when compared to just twenty or thirty years ago. When people passed away in their 70's back then; it was thought well they lived a nice long life. Nowadays people are living well into their eighties and are active due to better health and medical advances.

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