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Body fat excess
Description
Body fat is conventionally expressed as BF%, which is the percentage of body fat mass relative to the total body mass. In the healthy reference population (HRP), there is no excess body fat, and the fraction of body fat in the HRP is expressed - by definition - relative to the reference body mass, M°, at any given height. Although M° is identical in females and males at any given height, the fraction of body fat is higher in females than males in the HRP.
Abbreviation: BF
Reference: BME
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Body fat in the healthy reference population
- If body fat is expressed as BF% = 100*mF/M, then the body fat mass, mF [kg], is calculated from total body mass, M [kg],
mF = (BF%/100)*M [kg] (Eq. 1)
- The lean body mass, ML [kg], is the fat-free body mass, and is thus defined as
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