What’s a healthy fat percentage for teenage girl?

julynyc asked:


my bmi is quite low, but i think my body fat percentage is way too high. so could you tell me what is the healthy, ideal fat percentage for a girl who’s 15?
thanks =]

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2 Responses to “What’s a healthy fat percentage for teenage girl?”

  1. Blitzed & Bombed on June 11th, 2009 at 2:37 pm

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    For a normal girl, 25-31% is healthy. 21-24% is better, and athletes have 14-20%. Women shouldn’t go below 12% body fat.

    By the way, over 32% is classified as obese in women. Of course, men have another scale completely. Men naturally have less body fat than women.

  2. penguine.soup on June 14th, 2009 at 3:40 pm

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    Basically what the other poster said. In the region of 14%-28% body fat, but bear in mind those with lower percentages tend to be more athletic as opposed to just skinny.

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