Longevity depends on body fat percentage
Did you know...A third of our total weight, which corresponds
to our body fat percentage, allows us to live longer.
A study published in the journal "Annals of Internal Medicine" states that a person's total weight and body mass index (BMI), i.e. the ratio between weight and height, do not affect an individual's longevity, whereas body fat percentage does.
The study was carried out on a sample of 54,000 adults aged around 60 and showed that men and women with a higher body fat index had a higher risk of death over the following 4-7 years.
In men with a body fat percentage higher than 36%, the risk of death was as much as 59% higher than in men of the same age with a percentage of 28-32%.
As for women, those with a body fat percentage of 39% had a 19% higher risk of death than women of the same age with a percentage of 30-34%.
