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The following body fat percentages are guide values (contact your physician for further information).
Male
Age low
10-39 < 8
40-59 < 11
60-80 < 13
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 states. It should, however, be noted that there could be a danger to
health in the case of extremely low values.
A large part of the human body contains water. This bodywater can be found through the entire body. About 60% of the
bodymass consists of water with men. With women this is about 55% (caused by a higher bodyfat percentage).
The body water percentage is normally within the following ranges:
Male
Age poor
10 - 15 < 58
16 - 30 < 53
31 - 60 < 47
61 - 80 < 42
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 percentage. This scale is unsuitable for measuring body water in order to draw medical
conclusions concerning age-related water retention, for example. If necessary ask your physician.
The BMI (Body Mass Index) is normally within the following ranges:
under weight normal
< 18.5 18.5 ~25
The muscle percentage is normally within the following ranges:
age male healthy
10-80 > 40
Like the rest of our body, our bones are subject to the natural development, degeneration and ageing processes. Bone mass
increases rapidly in childhood and reaches its maximum between 30 and 40 years of age. Bone mass reduces slightly with
increasing age. You can reduce this degeneration somewhat with healthy nutrition (particularly calcium and vitamin D) and
regular exercise. With appropriate muscle building, you can also strengthen your bone structure. Note that this scale will
not show you the calcium content of your bones, but will measure the weight of all bone constituents (organic substances,
inorganic substances and water).
The bone mass is normally within the following ranges:
weight
< 60 kg
bonemass
2,5 kg
Attention: Please do not confuse bone mass with bone density. Bone density can be determined only by means of a
medical examination (e.g. computer tomography, ultrasound). It is therefore not possible to draw conclusions concerning
changes to the bones and bone hardness (e.g. osteoporosis) using this scale.
Little influence can be exerted on bone mass, but it will vary slightly within the influencing factors (weight, height, age,
gender).
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normal high very high
8 - 20 20 - 25
11 - 22 22 - 28
13 - 25 25 - 30
good very good
58 - 72 > 72
53 - 67 > 67
47 - 61 > 61
42 - 56 > 56
over weight
25 ~30
female healthy
> 34
male
60-75 kg > 75 kg
2,9 kg 3,2 kg
Female
Age
> 25 10-39
> 28 40-59
> 30 60-80
Female
Age
10 - 15
16 - 30
31 - 60
61 - 80
obese
> 30
female
< 45 kg 45-60 kg
1,8 kg 2,2 kg
low normal high
< 21 21 - 33 33 - 39
< 23 23 - 34 34 - 40
< 24 24 - 36 36 - 42
poor good
< 57 57 - 67
< 47 47 - 57
< 42 42 - 52
< 37 37 - 47
> 60 kg
2,5 kg
very high
> 39
> 40
> 42
very good
> 67
> 57
> 52
> 47