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Estimate your visceral fat in 5minutes for free with this simple science-backed test

Visceral fat calculator: https://www.lih.lu/en/visceral-fat-calculator/
(NOTE: make sure to enter in metrics units or result will make no sense. Height in meters, weight in kg, waist and thigh circumference in centimeters. See below for conversions)

(some viewers have reported weird results e.g. a visceral fat of zero when entering unusual body proportions e.g. a thigh circumference significantly larger than the waist. We´re attempting to clarify with the authors)

formulas used:
Women: 2.15 × Waist C − 3.63 × Proximal Thigh C + 1.46 × Age + 6.22 × BMI − 92.713
Men: 6 × Waist C − 4.41 × proximal thigh C + 1.19 × Age − 213.65

lb to kg converter:
https://www.unitconverters.net/weight-and-mass/lbs-to-kg.htm

inch to cm converter:
https://www.unitconverters.net/length/inches-to-cm.htm

ft to meters converter:
https://www.unitconverters.net/length/feet-to-meters.htm

Visceral fat index beats waist circumference alone (and is at least as good as DXA):
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/oby.20033

Visceral fat index associates with cancer deaths, cardiovascular deaths and all-cause deaths better than BMI or waist circumference alone:
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5241265/pdf/nihms799665.pdf

Visceral fat index associates with fasting glucose, HbA1c, inflammatory markers, ApoB, LDL-cholesterol, triglycerides, Metabolic Syndrome better than BMI or waist circumference alone:
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5513780/pdf/nihms875923.pdf

Visceral fat index associates with hypertension, prediabetes/diabetes:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-88587-9.pdf 2021

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0:00 Measuring visceral fat
0:48 Waist circumference
1:40 Smart idea
3:21 2 Body measurements
4:53 Crunching the numbers

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