Body Fat Extended Dataset

Context

Body Fat measurement for 436 people

Source

Starting from this dataset with 252 males measures I added the 184 samples (females) found here. Both datasets use body density via undewater weighing and then Siri equation for estimating body fat.

Content

1. BodyFat (percent body fat)
2. Original (Y/N if sample comes from the original dataset)
3. Sex (M/F)
4. Age (years)
5. Weight (kg)
6. Height (mt)
7. Neck (circumference in cm)
8. Chest (circumference in cm)
9. Abdomen (circumference in cm)
10. Hip (circumference in cm)
11. Thigh (middle part, circumference in cm)
12. Knee (circumference in cm)
13. Ankle (circumference in cm)
14. Biceps (circumference in cm)
15. Forearm (circumference in cm)
16. Wrist (circumference in cm)

Source

The data were generously supplied by Dr. A. Garth Fisher who gave permission to freely distribute the data and use for non-commercial purposes.

Roger W. Johnson
Department of Mathematics & Computer Science
South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
501 East St. Joseph Street
Rapid City, SD 57701

email address: rwjohnso@silver.sdsmt.edu
web address: http://silver.sdsmt.edu/~rwjohnso

References

Bailey, Covert (1994). Smart Exercise: Burning Fat, Getting Fit, Houghton-Mifflin Co., Boston, pp. 179-186.

Behnke, A.R. and Wilmore, J.H. (1974). Evaluation and Regulation of Body Build and Composition, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, N.J.

Siri, W.E. (1956), "Gross composition of the body", in Advances in Biological and Medical Physics, vol. IV, edited by J.H. Lawrence and C.A. Tobias, Academic Press, Inc., New York.

Katch, Frank and McArdle, William (1977). Nutrition, Weight Control, and Exercise, Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston.

Wilmore, Jack (1976). Athletic Training and Physical Fitness: Physiological Principles of the Conditioning Process, Allyn and Bacon, Inc., Boston.