Implementation of a calculator to calculate your body fat by using the caliper 3-point method in jQuery.
The calculations are done with Jackson & Pollock formula.
A.S. Jackson and M.L. Pollock (1978). Generalized equations for predicting body density of men. British Journal of Nutrition, 40, pp 497-504. doi:10.1079/BJN19780152.
A.S. Jackson, M.L. Pollock, A. Ward (1980). Generalized equations for predicting body density of women. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 1980;12(3) 175-181. PMID: 7402053.
You can find a running version under http://bodyfat.konze.org
The images of the human body are retrieved from:
- https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Woman_surface_diagram_ahead-behind.svg
- https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Man_surface_diagram_ahead-behind.svg
Author: Jmarchn