What does a girl's body fat percentage of 18 look like?

Although women's body fat is slightly higher than men's, the standard range for women is generally around 20%-25%, which is about 5% higher than boys. So how do you test whether your body fat is standard? What does a girl with a body fat percentage of 18 look like? Let's take a detailed look below, and hope it can be helpful to everyone.

Body fat percentage for women

1. Body fat percentage standards for women

Body fat (BMI) refers to the proportion of body fat weight in the total body weight, also known as body fat percentage, which reflects the fat percentage in the human body. The body fat of normal adults is 15%~18% for men and 25%~28% for women. Body fat should be maintained within a normal range.

2. Body fat measurement method

Body fat clip for precise measurement

By pinching the parts according to the illustration, you can determine the accumulation of chest fat, abdominal fat, and leg fat, and then calculate according to the standard.

BIA measurement method

Traditionally, the method of accurately measuring body fat is relatively complicated, mainly DEXA measurement, but it is time-consuming and costly, so in recent years, a more convenient microbial resistance measurement method has emerged, which can obtain very accurate measurement values ​​in a very short time, suitable for use at home and by doctors in outpatient clinics.

The main principle of BIA measurement is to simply divide the human body into conductive blood, muscles, etc., and non-conductive fat tissue. During measurement, the electrodes transmit a very small current through the human body. If the body fat ratio is high, the measured microbial resistance is large, and vice versa. BIA uses this mechanism to measure body fat.

3. How is body fat calculated?

BMI measurement method

If you want to know your approximate body fat number, you can use the following two formulas to calculate.

BMI = weight (kg) / height (height) (meters)

Body fat: 1.2 Periodontal BMI 0.23 Periodontal age -5.4-10.8 Periodontal gender (male is 1, female is 0).