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A lot of people want to know the average body fat percentage that is healthy. Very often people have a specific number in mind that they want to achieve. The "ideal" body fat. If you want to lose body fat and look leaner, then an "ideal" level of body fat is a level that is lower than it was last week!
If you are happy with the way you look and you don’t need to get any leaner then "ideal" level of body fat is the same as it was last week. Making personal improvements is much more important then getting obsessed with body fat percentage numbers. But knowing some averages can be very useful because then you know where you are at and how much work you have to do.
The female hormone estrogen causes women to carry at least 5% more body fat than men. The average woman has about 23% body fat and the average man about 17%. These are only averages not "ideal" body fat levels. The goal for anyone should be to become better then the average level. That can be achieved by most people.
Body fat average and ideals also vary with age. The average American loses 6.6 pounds of lean body mass every decade after age 20. The rate of muscle loss increases after age 45. With advancing age, most people gain fat even when body weight doesn’t change much; the muscle shrinks as the fat accumulates.
An ideal percentage of body fat for a non-athlete is around 10-14% for men and 16-20% for women. Desirable body fat levels for athletes may be even lower, depending on the nature of the sport. At these "ideal" body fat levels, you will look lean and relatively fat free. Bodybuilders body fat levels are somewhere between 3-5% for men and 8-12% for women. Soccer players body fat levels are between 7-12% for men and 10-18% for women.
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