body fat percentage
Tissue composition metric
Body fat percentage is the proportion of a person's total weight that consists of fat tissue, expressed as a percentage.
It's considered a more meaningful measure of fitness and health than weight alone, since two people at the same weight can have very different body compositions.
Her body fat percentage dropped from 28% to 22% after six months of training.
Methods for measuring it range from simple calipers to sophisticated body scans.
- body compositionBodily tissue proportions
- leanLacking fat; incline
- muscleContractile body tissue
- lean massNon-fat body tissue
- BMIWeight-to-height ratio
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- body fatbody fat, fat tissue, fatty tissue, adipose, subcutaneous fat
- body measurementsheight, weight, waist circumference, head circumference, shoulder width
- Nutrition Unitscalorie, calories, gram, milligram, microgram