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- From: allen@tessi.com (Allen Warren)
- Subject: Re: Bodyfat Reduction (GO FOR IT !)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.191538.9456@tessi.com>
- Organization: Test Systems Strategies, Inc., Beaverton, Oregon
- References: <1gqnubINN2c1@male.EBay.Sun.COM> <CHARRISO.92Dec21105617@gssec.bt.uk.co> <1992Dec22.084239.4779@sei.cmu.edu>
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 19:15:38 GMT
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- bjz@sei.cmu.edu (Barbara Zayas) writes:
-
- >Many women (myself included) fail to menstruate when our body
- >fat percentage dips too low. This happened for me, when I
- >measured 6-7%. I'm at my healthiest when I am ~15%.
-
- As I stated in an earlier reply, a woman's bodyfat should not
- go below 12%. This is the minimum recommended level for women.
- I will have to consult my books to see what it is for men,
- although I seem to remember it being somewhere between 6-9%.
- I'll also list the sources of this information.
-
- allen
-