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BMI is not a percentage. The unit for BMI is kg * m^-2. Ancestor post was referring to either percentage of total body mass as fat, or percentage of lean mass
by logfromblammo 8y ago
BMI is not a percentage. The unit for BMI is kg * m^-2.
Ancestor post was referring to either percentage of total body mass as fat, or percentage of lean mass. Both are dimensionless, as kg/kg cancels out.
As such, if the 12% was % of lean mass, that would be 10.7% of total body weight. If it was 12% of total body mass (more likely), that would be 13.6% of lean mass. Either way, that's classified as "very lean".