What percentage of the body should be fat in a healthy adult?

Answer 1

18! only kiddin about 19 to 24 i think, depends if male or female

Answer 2

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Answer 3

The 'norm' will be different according to youir age group and ethnicity.

Specifically, your activities will determine what is the 'right' amount.

Under about 11 per cent is good for showing off your musculature or competing in endurance events (where extra weight will make you slower, and extra insulation will make you overheat).

However, 11 per cent is also an important limit for all sorts of physiological dangers.

For example, bones are usually weakened by the methods of achieving such a low percentage (for both sexes). In women, the menstrual cycle will usually stop when bodyfat is below 11 %; it is unclear how much effect this will have on later fertility.

Material from the ACSM (www.acsm.org) will tell you more about bodyfat measurement, which is normally unrelated to BMI

(BMI compares weight and height, like height/weight tables do, and cannot account for body composition.)

Answer 4

Less than 24% for a woman and less than 18% for a man.

Answer 5

Try this is quite helpful, its a chart that you complete and it'll draw a graphic and calculate according to your measurements; its different for a man and a girl

Answer 6

women should have around 20% body fat

Answer 7

men: 12-18
women: 17-22

Generally the lower end of the healthy range is best.

Answer 8

Depends on the sex, look up "BMI" to calculate yours and most calculators will have a good range for you to be in.

http://www.halls.md/body-mass-index/bmi.htm