The body fat percentage (BFP) of a human or other living being is the total mass of fat divided by total body mass, multiplied by 100; body fat includes...

typically be 60–90%. Instead, the body fat percentage, which is the complement, is computed, and is typically 10–40%. The lean body mass (LBM) has been described...

reasonable estimates of body fatness as measured by percentage body fat. However, BMI does not account for the wide variation in body fat distribution, and...

Adipose tissue (also known as body fat or simply fat) is a loose connective tissue composed mostly of adipocytes. It also contains the stromal vascular...

often have a high muscle-to-fat ratio and therefore a BMI that is misleadingly high relative to their body-fat percentage. A common use of the BMI is...

method for estimating body composition, in particular body fat and muscle mass, where a weak electric current flows through the body and the voltage is measured...

determine body density. The technique then estimates the percentage of body fat and lean body mass (LBM) through empirically derived equations similar...

males. Estrogen increases fat storage in the body, which results in more fat stored in the female body. Body fat percentage guidelines are higher for...

overweight and obese individuals because of their weight and a high body fat percentage. Such social stigmas can span one's entire life, as long as excess...

of fat fetishism is 'feed(er)ism' or 'gaining', where sexual gratification is obtained from the process of gaining, or helping others gain, body fat, not...