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Body fat percentage
The following body fat percentages are for guidance (contact your physician for further informa-
tion).
Man Woman
A lower value is often found in athletes. Depending on the type of sports, training intensity and
physical constitution, values may result which are below the recommended values stated.
It should, however, be noted that there could be a danger to health in the case of extremely low
values.
Body water:
The body water percentage is normally within the following ranges:
Man Woman
Body fat contains relatively little water. Therefore persons with a high body fat percentage have
body water percentages below the recommended values. With endurance athletes, however,
the recommended values could be exceeded due to low fat percentages and high muscle per-
centage.
Body water measurement with this scale is not suitable for drawing medical conclusions, for ex-
ample concerning age-related water retention. If necessary ask your physician.
Basically, a high body water percentage should be the aim.
Muscle percentage:
The muscle percentage is normally within the following ranges:
Man Woman
Age very good good average poor
10-14 <11% 11-16% 16,1-23% >23,1%
15-19 <12% 12-17% 17,1-22% >22,1%
20-29 <13% 13-18% 18,1-23% >23,1%
30-39 <14% 14-19% 19,1-24% >24,1%
40-49 <15% 15-20% 20,1-25% >25,1%
50-59 <16% 16-21% 21,1-26% >26,1%
60-69 <17% 17-22% 22,1-27% >27,1%
70-100 <18% 18-23% 23,1-28% >28,1%
Age very good good average poor
10-14 <16% 16-21% 21,1-26% >26,1%
15-19 <17% 17-22% 22,1-27% >27,1%
20-29 <18% 18-23% 23,1-28% >28,1%
30-39 <19% 19-24% 24,1-29% >29,1%
40-49 <20% 20-25% 25,1-30% >30,1%
50-59 <21% 21-26% 26,1-31% >31,1%
60-69 <22% 22-27% 27,1-32% >32,1%
70-100 <23% 23-28% 28,1-33% >33,1%
Age poor good very good
10-100 <50 50-65% >65
Age poor good very good
10-100 <45 45-60% >60
Age low normal high
10-14 <44 44-57% >57%
15-19 <43 43-56% >56%
20-29 <42 42-54% >54%
30-39 <41 41-52% >52%
40-49 <40 40-50% >50%
50-59 <39 39-48% >48%
60-69 <38 38-47% >47%
70-100 <37 37-46% >46%
Age low normal high
10-14 <36 36-43% >43%
15-19 <35 35-41% >41%
20-29 <34 34-39% >39%
30-39 <33 33-38% >38%
40-49 <31 31-36% >36%
50-59 <29 29-34% >34%
60-69 <28 28-33% >33%
70-100 <27 27-32% >32%