Body Fat 39.5%
Obese- 39.5% Body Fat men
Men who maintain a healthy body fat range have an overall better quality of health and fitness.
Men with normal body fat have more toned muscles and this improves their appearance.
Obese- 39.5% Body Fat women
For females, body fat percentages below 15-20 percent are considered dangerous. A low body fat percentage can cause a hormonal imbalance, your menstrual cycle might stop and this can lead to infertility.
39.5% Body Fat Men
Knowing your body fat percentage, as well as the minimum essential fat percentage can be useful if you are trying to lose weight.
Besides knowing how much essential fat you absolutely have to have, you also need to know our lean body mass, the weight of your bones and organs, which is calculated using our height, weight and sex.
Adding lean body mass and essential fat, you can find how much extra fat you have and how much weight you can lose without endangering your health.
As men get heavier and heavier gaining more fat, most of the fat is funneled right in the stomach.
The 39.5% level is characterized by more significant protrusion of stomach fat over the waist. This is the beer gut kind of look.
Waist circumferences can be 40+ inches for a man with 35% body fat.
39.5% Body Fat Women
Some body fat is required for overall health. It plays an important role in protecting internal organs, providing energy, and regulating hormones. Excess body fat is linked to an increased risk for diseases such as cancer, diabetes, and heart disease. To lower your body fat, you must eat fewer calories than you use.
The human body is made to store fat so that it maintains reserves of energy. If you take in fewer calories, your body will burn these fat reserves.
When having a 39.5 percentage of body fat, the hips become even wider and the face and neck will appear rounder and more full.
Hip circumference can start approaching 40+ inches and waist circumference of 32+ inches.
Some belly fat may start protruding over the waist as well.
Calculate your body fat percentage
Percent body fat is the percentage of fat your body contains.
Exact body fat percentage cannot be precisely determined, but multiple methods are used to estimate it. You can use our body fat calculator to estimate your body fat percentage: