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@bubblegum2021 If OP's doctor was concerned about the development of diabetes (which is probably the primary concern of Asians since it has such a high prevalence in our ethnicity due to diet and genetic background), then oftentimes they look at both BMI and waist circumference to assess the...

@amw88 Calipers pinch your skin to measure the subcutaneous fat in several places and then use an equation to extrapolate your overall BF%. Underwater/bodpod measures your body density with respect to water/air and then uses some equation models that assume densities for muscle/fat/bone to...

@amw88 One of the reasons is that the DEXA BF% includes the fat around your organs (visceral fat) and intramuscular fat (like the fat marbling in a steak) which are not very visual. "Visual fat" mainly refers to subcutaneous fat, or the fat between your muscles and the skin. Calipers tend to...

@wizaless Haha.. our bodies seem super similar cause I'm also a 30F in bra size! I think part of it is probably due to our BMIs being on the lower end of the range and there's a certain amount of essential fat that women have that don't totally scale down with weight. So our BF % may be higher...

@wizaless Same! Did you also do a BodySpec? I remember being in really great shape - had been doing BJJ 3X a week and kettlebells 2X for 3 years - and ended up at like 31-32% BF at 110lbs.

@kjbbeliever Asian (specifically Chinese, here) as well and I know what you're talking about in terms of the differences in size perception between Asia and US. I think that the pressure to be smaller in Asia is mostly due to beauty standards rather than for health reasons because there are...