1. why the hell hell do you want to bleed 5 days straight every hellish month?
2. it depends on genetics, not body weight, ask your mum when she had hers and you will get a idea
could be as high as 15%.
If you get down to 10% it will shut down.
Anything below 10% bodyfat for a female and your risking your life, let alone your period.
Your ideal body fat percentage increases slightly with age. That said, there are plenty of individuals over 60 who enjoy very low body fat percentages. There's certainly no harm in trying to be as lean and cut as possible!
The body fat percentage that is healthy depends on whether or not the person is male or female and his or her age. For example, women who are ages 20-40, their healthy percentage is between 21-33% while men of the same age percentage would be 8-19%.
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.
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The BMI Index describes your body fat percentage.
For a 53-year-old male (or an adult male of any age), your percentage of body fat should be about 10 to 15% for good health. (For females the percentage of body fat should be about 15 to 20% for good health.) For more information about this, and how to measure your percentage of body fat, see the page link, further down this page, listed under "Related Questions."
no, you are probably pregnant. depending on your body fat percentage it happens.
It depends on a couple of factors. As you age, it is expected that your body fat percentage will go up slightly. Professional athletes are also almost categorically classed as "under fat" with a body fat percentage of 14-20%, but they are not unhealthy. A typical woman's body fat percentage should be around 21% to be considered healthy. The danger zone, however, is under 14%. This is the area where organ damage occurs.
To determine your percentage of body fat at home, obtain some plastic body fat calipers and do a simple skin fold test. Body fat calipers are not expensive and they are readily available to buy. If you are female, your percentage of body fat should probably be about 15 to 20% for good health. For males the percentage of body fat should probably be about 10 to 15% for good health.
The most common way to measure body fat percentage at home is through the use of calipers. Calipers are tools that "pinch" your body fat in different areas of your body and provide a body fat percentage estimate based on those measurements.
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