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The normal relationship between fat and lean mass for mature (21-30 year old) physically fit men and women.

Adam W PotterWilliam J TharionLyndsey J NindlDavid M McEttrickDavid P LooneyStephen A Foulis
Published in: American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council (2023)
Mean %BF of healthy active men and women in 2021 remains very similar to the 15% and 25% posited in 1980, suggesting that relative body fat has a normal fat-lean relationship in physically mature humans. These data may bring new attention to sex-appropriate %BF.
Keyphrases
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