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Obesity is normally determined by Body Mass Index. Accurate determinations of body fat percentage are highly problematic. Typically a person with BMI > 30 would be considered obese and would have a body fat percentage of 25% or more.
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What percentage of the world is obese?
72% of the world is fat.
What's the highest percentage of body fat an adult can have and still be healthy?
For a woman to be considered fit she should have between 21���24% body fat. If a woman's body fat level gets up around 31% she would be considered unhealthy or obese. A man would be considered fit if his body fat was around 14���17%. At around 24, 25 % body fat a man would be considered obese or unhealthy.
What percent of women are obese?
Women whose body fat exceeds 30% and men whose body fat exceeds 25% are generally considered obese.
What happens if you eat more fat then your body can use?
basically, you become fat or obese. if you eat more fat than required by your body it is stored in your body making you obese. going on diets or exercising regularly can prevent obesity
How can one calculate body fat percentage?
One can calculate the percentage of fat there is in their body by using the Body Fat Percentage Calculator provided by Healthy Forms which lets you calculate the percentage of fat in your body.
For an -average- male how will a bmi of 22 roughly translate into a body fat percentage?
You can't translate BMI into body fat percentage. One of the biggest limitations of BMI is that it doesn't take into account muscle mass. BMI is calculated using height and weight ONLY. So a 250 pound, 6'2" Schwarzenegger has an identical BMI to that of a 250 pound, 6'2" couch potato. While Arnie might be 4% body fat, the couch potato could have 40% or higher body fat. As this shows, you can't estimate body fat from BMI. While this is a limitation of BMI, it's still an acceptable means for defining overweight and obese levels. No construct, no standard of obesity is going to label everyone who is obese as obese without also labeling a few non-obese people as such. While including percent body fat in our definition of obesity would be nice, the problem is that few people actually know their body fat percentage, and accurate means of testing are expensive and difficult to administer. On the other hand, height and weight are easy to determine with just a scale and a measuring stick. The Schwazenegger/couch potato instance was clearly an extreme case. The vast majority of 6'2" 250 pound males are truly obese- competitive male body builders and athletes make up a very, very small percentage of the overall population. BMI is capable of correctly labeling the obese in the vast majority of cases. If you do happen to think yourself such a muscular person yet still weigh a lot, have your body fat percentage assessed.
What does your BMI (Body Mass Index)describe about your body?
The BMI Index describes your body fat percentage.
What is an average healthy percentage of body fat for teen-aged females?
It is 18.5 to 20.5 that's the healthy body percentage for a female body know more than that If its 30 or more than its obese if it's less than 18.5 it's underweight it's bad for your weight.
What percentage of the world is considered obese?
Approx. 300 million people are obese:- United States: 30.9% are obese- United Kingdom: 22% are obese- Australia: 20.8% are obeseWorld obesity is at 5% as of 2011
Individuals with more than healthy fat levels but who are not considered obese have body fat levels in the zone?
borderline
how fat can i be to be obese?
be fat
How fat are fat people?
A person is considered fat or overweight/obese, if they have a high BMI (Body Mass Index). That is their weight in proportion to the height.
