Percentage body fat ranges associated with metabolic syndrome risk: results based on the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (1988–1994)1,2,3
Shankuan Zhu, ZiMian Wang, Wei Shen, Steven B Heymsfield and Stanley Heshka
1 From the New York Obesity Research Center, St Luke’s–Roosevelt Hospital, Institute of Human Nutrition, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York.
2 Supported by a donation from Tanita Corporation and by NIH grant DK-PO1-42618.
3 Reprints not available. Address correspondence to S Zhu, New York Obesity Research Center, 1090 Amsterdam Avenue, 14th Floor, New York, NY 10025. E-mail: sz170@columbia.edu.
This study can be accessed at: http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/78/2/228#T2
The study suggests that men's body fat
should be under 28% to reduce their risk and probably closer to 22% to substantially reduce the risk of degenerative disease. Women should be under 37% to reduce their risk and probably be 30% or lower to substantially reduce the risk of degenerative disease.
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