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Re:Show HN: Which Animal Shares Your Body Fat Percentage? by impute on Thursday October 24, 2024 @12:59PM (#41937365)
I really doubt more than 10% of people do weightlifting and have high muscle density. It's likely closer to 0.1% which is why BMI is a good guideline over a group.
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Re:Show HN: Which Animal Shares Your Body Fat Percentage? by skrtskrt on Thursday October 24, 2024 @01:44PM (#41937739)
being within an "ideal" or "average" bodyfat range will easily put you as overweight on BMI.

it's a useless statistic.

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