Is there a way to manually enter body fat percentage data point into the Garmin Connect app?

I’m trying to find a way to enter body fat percentage into the app - I have a higher muscle mass than average and I assume that this will drastically affect the resting and active calorie consumption.

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trux over 1 year ago +12 suggested

The body fat percentage is not used for the Calories calculation, but if you want to enter it anyway, you can import it with the help of a simple CSV file that you import on the page https://connect.garmin…
6512888 over 1 year ago in reply to 6801350 +3

I hate to say it but Money! The only way to input anything other than body weight is to buy the Garmin Scales. Which looking at reviews ares that great or accurate. The want to purchase the Withing Smart…
6801350 over 1 year ago in reply to trux +2

Why would Garmin not use muscle mass in calories burned? Metabolism is a key fitness factor and target. I am trying to love my epix, but this very elementary approach to the data makes all of it invalid…

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0 kalintri 3 months ago in reply to trux

I understand.
The only reason I tried it is because it is in the screenshot of the example on the Garmin site.

0 TheoJ 1 month ago

For people with Home Assistant there is an integration to Garmin Connect. This means that you can collect all kinds of data from any smart device and put it through automatically to Garmin Connect (with or without your own calculations).
https://github.com/cyberjunky/home-assistant-garmin_connect

0 8479438 5 days ago

The upload of my .csv file is succesful, but the Weigh-ins aren't updated. can anybody tell me what's not working?

0 trux 5 days ago in reply to 8479438

8479438 said:
can anybody tell me what's not working?

Hard to tell without seeing the data, but one possibility is that you chose the wrong date format, and the data landed under a different date than you expected. Another possibility is that you are trying to upload more than a single weight-ins per day.

0 8479438 4 days ago in reply to trux

Here's my .csv:

It only uploads successfully for me when putting the values in quotation marks. Is the upload still working for you? If yes, please post your data format.

0 trux 4 days ago in reply to 8479438

8479438 said:
It only uploads successfully for me when putting the values in quotation marks.

When you use decimal commas, quotes are mandatory. If you use decimal dots, you do not need the quotes.

8479438 said:
Is the upload still working for you? If yes, please post your data format.

Yes, it still works, and the data format is still the same as posted on the first page of this thread:

Body
Date,Weight,BMI,Fat
"2022-11-03","71.6","22.6","14.4"

You are missing the BMI column - it is mandatory. When added, and the right options selected, your data imports fine

Use a plain-text editor such as Notepad for creating the file. Do not use any rich-text editors like Word or Wordpad. And avoid Excel!

0 8479438 3 days ago in reply to trux

Thx trux, I got it working. Do you know the name of the headers for Muscle Mass, Bone and Water?

0 trux 3 days ago in reply to 8479438

8479438 said:
Do you know the name of the headers for Muscle Mass, Bone and Water?

Unfortunately it cannot be imported with the CSV file. Probably the only way to get it in is using Garmin's own Index scale. Possibly, connecting the scale to MyFintessPal (or entering the data there manually) and syncing it from there with Garmin Connect could do the trick too, but I am not quite sure MFP syncs anything else than the weight to Garmin Connect.