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Do women carry more body fat than men for reproductive purposes?
yes because women must carry around a baby for nine moths which causes body fat for the growth and food the baby leaves behind
Why do women need more body fat than men?
Body fat is our bodies' energy reserve, in case food would get scarce. Women have adapted to carry more body fat so they have more spares in case they should become pregnant when food is scarce. The fat would then be turned into nutrition for them and the baby. Women with very little body fat may stop menstruating, nature's way of preventing them from having babies when there's not enough food around.
What is the avg persent body fat for women?
The average percent of body fat on women is between 10 and 13 percent.
How much does 1 body fat weigh?
Again, it is essential to know more then the question provides data on. Women need between 12 an 15 percent Essential body fat. Female athlletes carry about 18 percent bodyfat, healthy women carry about 26 percent, and an obese woman has 32 percent of more body fat. Men are considered obese at 25 percent Male athletes carry about 10 percent body fat and the survival level or Essential for men is at least two percent. When bodyfat falls below Essential levels the body's organs begin shutting down.
Where is body fat stored in a women?
Buttocks and thighs.
What percent of women are obese?
Women whose body fat exceeds 30% and men whose body fat exceeds 25% are generally considered obese.
Why is it important to keep your body fat minimum as a sports perfomer?
Any fat you have is more weight for your body to carry. Any muscle you have is helping you carry the fat. You definitely need to have some fat so prevent you from burning muscle, but the more fat you have, the harder it is to carry it around, making you more tired. In any sport, it is most beneficial to get less tired.
Where can I buy a body fat analyzer?
There are several places where you can buy a body fat analyzer. Wal-Mart and Amazon both carry this product.
Where is fat made?
Predominately is it made by the liver and in the adipose (fat cells) tissue themselves, and shuttled around the body be certain types of molecules:Chylomicrons carry diet-derived lipids to body cellsVLDL's carry lipids synthesized by the liver to body cellsLDL's carry cholesterol around the bodyHDL's carry cholesterol from the body back to the liver for breakdown and excretion.
Do women naturally have more fat tissue than males?
Women have a higher amount of body fat, but it is not a distinctly separate layer.
Are pregnant women more apt to carry more intraabdominal fat?
Nothing like that
Why are boys butts bigger than girls?
Placement of hip bones is wider in females than in males. The pelvis is just shaped differently. Mostly due to women giving birth and males don't. Also, distribution of body fat. Women tend to displace their body fat in their hips, thighs, and butt, and men tend to carry their body fat in the stomach and midsection. \ I think just like u because i think the same thing!!
