Introduction: Obesity is a steadily growing epidemic affecting all segments of the population including college aged students. Assessment of body fat levels has increasingly assumed greater importance in recent years. The aim of the study was to compare the equations of body fat assessment by Jackson & Pollock of four sites, seven sites skin folds measurements and girth measurement.

Methods: Purposive sampling was used for selection of subjects. The sample was made up of 30 male subjects. The age of subjects ranged from 18 to 24 years. The data collected with the various methods on body fat measurement was analyzed by using paired t test. The level of significance was set at 0.05 for the study.

Results: Significant differences between JP7 and JP4, p<0.0001, were observed. Significant differences were observed between JP7 and girth measurement, p<0.0001 (t=6.465).

Conclusions: The analysis of data revealed that there was a significant difference among the body fat percentages measured with the Jackson and Pollock 7 sites vs 4 sites skin fold methods and Jackson and Pollock 7 sites skin fold method vs girth measurements.