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2. Body fat percentage - Wikipedia

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   In males, mean percentage body fat ranged from 23% at age 16–19 years to 31% at age 60–79 years. In females, mean percentage body fat ranged from 32% at age 8–11 years to 42% at age 60–79 years. But it is important to recognise that women need at least 9% more body fat than men to live a normal healthy life.

3. Classification of obesity - Wikipedia

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   However, their mean body fat percentage, 14%, is well within what is considered a healthy range. [22] The preferred obesity metric in scholarly circles is the body fat percentage (BF%) - the ratio of the total weight of person's fat to his or her body weight, and BMI is viewed merely as a way to approximate BF%. [23]

4. Body mass index - Wikipedia

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   For men with a BMI of 25, about 20% have a body fat percentage below 20% and about 10% have body fat percentage above 30%. [47] Body composition for athletes is often better calculated using measures of body fat, as determined by such techniques as skinfold measurements or underwater weighing and the limitations of manual measurement have also ...

5. This Is What Actually Happens To Body Fat When You Lose ... - AOL

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   There are also body impedance (BIA) scales, which estimate your body fat percentage, Dr. Stanford says. While they usually provide more of an estimate vs. hard and fast results, they can be ...

6. List of countries by obesity rate - Wikipedia

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   Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults.

7. Waist-to-height ratio - Wikipedia

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   v. t. e. A person's waist-to-height ratio ( WtHR ), occasionally written WtHR or called waist-to-stature ratio ( WSR ), is defined as their waist circumference divided by their height, both measured in the same units. It is used as a predictor of obesity-related cardiovascular disease. The WHtR is a measure of the distribution of body fat.