Question:
How can a person determine bone size to check weight charts,small med, large bone

Are their charts that are used to check bone size to determine you goal weight? I have seen one that measures the elbow width. I have a small wrist and hands,i use to wear a size 5 wedding ring, but i am always compared in the charts to a medium frame for weight, how can i tell body frame size for weight?    — [Anonymous] (posted on January 15, 2002)

January 14, 2002
When I once joined a health club and they were assessing my fat percentage, she said to use your long finger and thumb of one hand and wrap around the wrist on the other hand. If your fingers cross, then you have a small frame, if they meet or nearly meet you have a medium frame, and if they don't meet at all then you are large framed.
   — [Anonymous]

January 14, 2002
I'm not sure that is very accurate, the wrist measurement thing. I used to not be able to touch my fingers, thus large boned. Now I can touch my fingers, so medium now? If I squish really hard, I can overlap the fingers, maybe small frame? Bone frame doesn't change, so that doesn't make sense to me. Elbow width would make more sense. Both my kids are thin, yet my boy has thick elbows and my little girl has some little sharp elbows. Same with their heels. One has thick wide heels, my girl has narrow tiny heels. I really have no clue, just wanted to offer my little opinion.
   — [Anonymous]

January 14, 2002
Please don't get mad but, I agree with the previous poster about the wrist thing. Yes, when I was large, I guess I was big boned because there was no way that I could touch my fingers because of the fat at the wrists. I have now lost all the weight and I can actually wrap my fingers around the top of my arm! My wrists are tiny. So, I doubt that my bone structure went down after surgery. I don't have any answer for you but the wrist thing can't be true.
   — Barbara H.

January 14, 2002
No you measure the outside of your elbow bones with your arm fully bent upright close as possible to your body. I just lost this reference in a computer crash, thanks AOL7.0 When I was MO this was the only exposed bone not covered in fat anywhere on my body. 2 1/4 or so was large frame, I dont remember the exact number.
   — bob-haller

January 15, 2002
Ok.. take a measuring tape and measure your wrist.. between the protruding bone and your hand. If it measures anywhere between 5-6 inches, you are small boned. 6-7 is medium and 7-8 is large. BUT the best thing to do is to meausure the elbow bones. You can go to www.google.com and type in "measure elbow bones" or something to that effect. I did this very thing and went to an excellent site done by metlife.com. I don't have the exact site anymore. But playing around with the search engine will help you out. I am small boned myself, and at 5'4", My goal weight should fall in the 115-125 pound range. I don't know how tall you are, but if you are my height, there you go! Take care and best of luck. Annie (ps.. don't follow what your ring size is either, I wore a 5 ring when I was 250 pounds, now, it is falling off!)
   — Annie R.

January 15, 2002
Try this site: http://www.aomc.org/HOD2/general/weight-HEIGHT_W.html It tells exactly how you should measure, and what a medium-framed man or woman's elbow measurement should be. If you are below, you're small-boned, if you're above, you're large-boned.
   — Becky H.

June 20, 2004
gotta love the website name: http://www.am-i-fat.com/body_frame_size.html
   — Rachel Propes