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I wouldn't say density is a constant. Muscle weighs more than fat for the same volume, as does bone. Same height, higher muscle or denser bone structure, and

by douche 11y ago

I wouldn't say density is a constant. Muscle weighs more than fat for the same volume, as does bone. Same height, higher muscle or denser bone structure, and you can have wildly different weights. Makes simplistic measurements like BMI pretty laughable - look at pretty much any athlete, who would run high over-weight or obese according to BMI.

danbruc 11y ago
That doesn't matter, humans are a lot of water and the density of humans seems - after a quick search - to be essentially within the density of water plus or minus ten percent. In this context that's constant enough for me and definitely way to small to possibly offset the variability in body weight.