How do you determine if your body frame size is small, medium or large?
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In order to determine if you are overweight, underweight or just right, you will first need to know your frame size. Frame sizes come in three different categories: small, medium, and large. To determine your frame size:
Measure your elbow breadth:
1. Put your arm straight out in front of you, bend your arm at the elbow with your fingers pointing straight up. (Your arm should be at a 90 degree angle to your body.)
2. Turn your wrist so that the palm of your hand is facing your body. (You should be able to see your palm.)
3. Put your thumb and fore finger on the two bones on the outside of your elbow. Measure this distance in inches.
4. Input this information here http://www.healthstatus.com/calculate/fsz
Weight to Height Charts
The following information in these weight to height charts is from The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (1983 statistics). These charts are widely used by experts in the medical field. However, other experts criticize these statistics based on the fact that the participants in the study were primarily white, middle class people. Also, the validity of the statistics is questionable due to inconsistent research methods.
If you do decide to use these tables, use them with a little common sense - every person is different and weight is greatly affected by age, musculature, mobility, metabolism and a host of other factors. (These charts look like they are for young, energetic, active individuals.) The dark green weight range on the chart is what is considered "normal weight" for a particular height.
Go here to click on the correct chart for you
http://www.nutricounter.com/articles/weight.htm
Now just so you know, this is not the most accurate predictor of health, but it is good to know what your frame size is.
Check out the following website for more information on experts who rate the best and worst in body-fat measurement devices.
http://www.webmd.com/content/Article/84/98046.htm?pagenumber=1
You can calculate an estimate of your body composition and target weight here:
http://www.preventdisease.com/healthtools/tools.html#bctwr
The following website will help you to understand a little more about body composition
http://preventdisease.com/news/articles/muscle_vs_fat_measure_what_matters.shtml
Other Answers:
Put your index and thumb around the narrow part of your wrist, if they overlap you are of small frame, if they barely touch, you are of medium frame, and if they do not touch, you are of large frame.
You generally got by the circumference of the wrist.
The circumference of your wrist .
No linke but its what by bro told me.
what you dois put your pointer finger and thumb around one of your wrists. if the tw fingers overlap you have a small frame if they just touch you have a medium frame and if they dont touch you have a large frame
put your right hand around your left wrist. If your index finger and thumb don't touch, you have a large frame. If they just touch you have a medium frame. If they overlap you have a small frame.
http://www.am-i-fat.com/body_frame_size.html
wrist circumference.
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