How Much Fat is OK?
“What we want people to shoot for is a range rather than a magic number,” says Barbara J. Moore, PhD, president of Shape Up! America. “It’s comforting to know that women can be and should be fatter than men. They have a totally different reproduction function and the higher fat in women supports that reproductive function.”
The American Council on Exercise provides the following ranges for body-fat percentage:
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