How much of your weight is based off of water?
2006-08-26 23:07:12 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diet & Fitness
Different people have different percentages of their bodies made up of
water. Babies have the most, being born at about 78%. By one year of age,
that amount drops to about 65% in adult men, about 60% of their bodies
are water. However, fat tissue does not have as much water as lean tissue.
In adult women, fat makes up more of the body than men, so they have about
55% of their bodies made of water. Fat men also have less water (as a
percentage) then thin men.
So you can see three possible reasons for the discrepancies you have found:
1) Babies and kids have more water (as a percantage) than adults.
2) Women have less water than men (as a percentage).
3) Fat people have less water than thin people (as a percentage).
A forth reason is that different people measure percent water a little
differently, causing small differences in the answer.
2006-08-27 00:03:05 · answer #1 · answered by fit4life 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
About 60% of a person's weight is water.
2006-08-27 06:26:17 · answer #2 · answered by JOHN M 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's in 90's-ish percentile... we are a lot of water!!!!
2006-08-27 06:19:05 · answer #3 · answered by jessiblu_83 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
75% I think.
2006-08-27 06:15:36 · answer #4 · answered by frank m 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
tell me if u know
2006-08-27 06:13:23 · answer #5 · answered by might 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
dunno
2006-08-27 06:13:08 · answer #6 · answered by Curious 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋