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But it is important to recognise that women need at least 9% more body fat than men to live a normal healthy life. [2] Data from the 2003–2006 NHANES survey showed that fewer than 10% of American adults had a "normal" body fat percentage (defined as 5–20% for men and 8–30% for women). [3]
Women tend to have more body fat than men, even if they have the same BMI. ... In total, there are four BMI ranges and categories that apply to all adults — both men and women — aged 20 and ...
Despite this undercounting of obesity by BMI, BMI values in the intermediate BMI range of 20–30 were found to be associated with a wide range of body fat percentages. 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]
However, their mean body fat percentage, 14%, is well within what is considered a healthy range. [34] Similarly, Sumo wrestlers may be categorized by BMI as "severely obese" or "very severely obese" but many Sumo wrestlers are not categorized as obese when body fat percentage is used instead (having <25% body fat). [35]
Body fat percentage is total body fat expressed as a percentage of total body weight. There is no generally accepted definition of obesity based on total body fat. Most researchers have used >25% in men, and >30% in women, as cut-points to define obesity, [41] but the use of these values have been disputed. [42]
Participants’ average body weight to start was 106.9 kilograms, or about 236 pounds. ... than Wegovy — 20% compared with about 14%. ... the makeup of muscle versus fat, as “there is some ...
[7] [clarification needed] An analysis from an earlier NHANES from 1988 to 1994 found people with NWO had a four-fold higher frequency of metabolic syndrome compared with the low body fat group. [8] In 2015 the overall presence in the general worldwide population was suggested to be about 20%, with European populations having the highest rate ...
A recently published study in the Scandinavian Journal of Primary Healthcare analyzed dairy fat intake and central obesity among a group of middle-aged men over a 12-year period. Researchers found ...