Evaluation

Percent Body Fat Norms for Men and Women

Description Women Men

Essential Fat 10-13% 2-5%

Athletes 14-20% 6-13%

Fitness 21-24% 14-17%

Acceptable 25-31% 18-24%

Obesity >32% >25%

Testing

The first round of testing was done on November 1st. Women worked with me and men tested with Mr. D. Everyone did a great job during the assessment trying to learn the proper technique. Overall the results were great. Out of the 13 female participant 9 tested at a fitness level, 4 were in the healthy range and no one fell into the needs improvement category which is excellent considering that the participants will all be future physical education teachers. So everyone should keep up the great work and be great role models for their students.

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Maintaining a Healthy Body Composition

The American Council on Exercise (ACE) tells us that "A healthy body represents a healthy body composition". So in essence, the makeup of your body plays an integral role of its overall internal functioning. Body composition is comprised of two general components, your body fat and your non-fat body mass (ie: organs, muscle mass, skeleton, etc)

A big part of getting and maintaining a healthy body composition is keeping your body's fat levels under control while making sure that the non-fat parts of you are strong and in full working order at all times. A healthy body composition for women is considered to be between 21% and 24% fat, with the rest non fat. The range for a man's healthy body composition runs from about 14% to 17% body fat.