These data are used in the book "Computational Statistics" 
by G.H. Givens and J.A. Hoeting.

Name: bodyfat.dat
Chapter: 12
Discussed in: Problem 12.2

Source: Excerpt of data given in R. W. Johnson (1996), "Fitting
  Percentage of Body Fat to Simple Body Measurements", Journal of
  Statistics Education, vol 4.  Online:
  www.amstat.org/publications/jse/

Description: Percentage of body fat for 251 men.  Body fat was
estimated using an underwater weighing technique.  In addition, the
variables age, weight, height, and ten body circumference measurements
were recorded for each subject.

Variable    
label	    Additional information about variable
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fat	    Percent body fat using Brozek's equation (Density
		    determined from underwater weighing) 
age	    Age (years)
weight	    Weight (lbs)
height	    Height (inches)
neck	    Neck circumference (cm)
chest	    Chest circumference (cm)
abd	    Abdomen 2 circumference (cm)
hip	    Hip circumference (cm)
thigh	    Thigh circumference (cm)
knee	    Knee circumference (cm)
ankle	    Ankle circumference (cm)
biceps	    Biceps (extended) circumference (cm)
forearm	    Forearm circumference (cm)
wrist	    Wrist circumference (cm)
________________________________________________________

Variable labels: fat, age, weight, height, neck, chest, abd, hip,
   thigh, knee, ankle, biceps, forearm, wrist