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Body fat percentage for women

I have a 27" waist and Im 5ft2 but my scales are telling me im in the obese category for body fat.

I wonder if this is because the eletrical current is only going through lower body, so therefore cant determine if someone carries heavier on legs and glutes?

I've seen a lot of post about inaccurate body fat percentage, mostly about it being lower, I'm wondering if women or seeing higher body fat than they are?

0 pnmckenna over 3 years ago

its simpler than that - the scales are just rubbish and don't measure BF, just give numbers based on population averages for age, height, weight and i assume also gender.

the majority of people reporting incorrect values are lean athletic types being given high BF% but there are a number reporting the opposite too. if you are significantly outside the population average body composition then the scales are incorrect, if you are "normal" then they are correctish but worthless since they are still not giving real measurements

0 Garmin-Kevin over 3 years ago

Please see my post on the similar thread below:

https://forums.garmin.com/sports-fitness/healthandwellness/f/index-s2-smart-scale/263418/body-fat-on-index-s2-smart-scale-seems-inaccurate

0 Garmin-Kevin over 2 years ago

For more information on this topic, please visit the main thread and feel free to join the conversation there:

S2 Body Fat not accurate