Body Fat Charts
The percentage of body fat you have affects not only your weight and
shape, but also affects your health.
Q. How much body fat is too much, or even too little?
A. That depends on two important factors, whether you are a man or a
woman, and how old you are.
Below are four body fat charts that show body
fat ranges for the whole family. There is a body fat chart for
men aged 7-18, men aged 18-79,
women aged 7-18 and women aged 18-79.
Male 7-18
Male 18-79
Female 7-18
Female 18-79
When comparing a body fat chart for men to a body fat chart for women
you can see that women steadily increase their percentage body fat as they
go through life, staying within a healthy fat range. Whereas male body fat
percentage fluctuates during puberty before following the same adult
pattern in body fat increments seen in the body fat chart for women.
And throughout life from adulthood women can have a body fat percentage
10% higher than a man of the same age who is of a healthy body fat range
and still be in their healthy body fat range.
Charts supplied courtesy of Tanita Ltd, data from:
Body Fat Ranges for Standard Children
Body Fat Reference Curves for children Targeted at BMJ (British
Medical Journal) Draft 1-AMP 19 June (by Dr Andrew)
Gallagher D et al. Am J Clin Nutr 2000,72:694-701. "Healthy percentage
body fat ranges: an approach for developing guidelines based on body mass
index."
Body Fat Ranges for Standard Adults
Based on NIH/WHO BMI Guidelines
As reported by Gallagher, et al, at NY Obesity Research Center. To
determine the percentage of body fat that is appropriate for your body,
consult your physician.
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Body Fat Products:
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Calculate your body fat percentage in seconds for the
whole family with the Tanita body fat scale.
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£59.99
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Body fat monitor from Tanita that calculates your body fat
percentage and weighs to 100g/0.2lb accuracy.
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£34.99
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As well as calculating your body fat as a percentage, this
body fat monitor is also a BMI calculator, yet it's so simple
a child could use it.
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£49.95
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Wrist watch heart rate monitor for beginners or anyone on a budget, the Beurer PM25 heart rate Monitor (HRM) offers quality and value.
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£39.99
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Heart rate monitor watch with vibration alert, chest
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£49.99
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