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What's your percentage of body fat?

Medicine | A CLOSER LOOK

November 29, 2004

Body composition is the ratio of lean body mass to fat body mass. An acceptable percentage is 25% to 31% for women and 18% to 25% for men. Any number over that is considered obese. There are several methods people can use to determine their body fat percentage.


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