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Originally Posted by Belle Isle
Range of Percent Body Fat in Different People
(Percent body fat found through the method of underwater immersion testing)
Men Women
Fattest Covert has tested 55% 68%
Average American 22% 32%
Healthy normal*:
African-American 12% 19%
Asian 18% 25%
Caucasian 15% 22%
Top Athletes 3-12% 10-18%
Leanest Covert has tested 1% 6%
*The bones of African-Americans tend to be dense and so they sink easily in water. On the other hand, the bones of Asians are light and porous so they tend to float. To allow for these differences, healthy African-Americans should have a lower percent body fat than Asians and Caucasians, while Asians should have a higher percent body fat than African-Americans and Caucasians.
This info can be found on any run-of-the-mill health site. This may not be the only reason, but it would explain why Africans tend to be leaner and Asians hold the swimming records...
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indeed, this is true, God intended black people to stay out of the water, so God puts lead weights in black people...as far as asians go, God gave the the bones of birds to make them gracefull both in and out of the water, but as far as the irish go, God gave us whiskey in our blood and unsurpassable good looks...
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