Background: Although international interest in classifying subject health status according to
adiposity is increasing, no accepted published ranges of percentage body fat currently exist.
Empirically identified limits, population percentiles, and z scores have all been suggested as
means of setting percentage body fat guidelines, although each has major limitations.
Objective: The aim of this study was to examine a potential new approach for developing
percentage body fat ranges. The approach taken was to link healthy body mass index (BMI; …