What Body Fat % is fat to you?

[Michael-5]

pezus said:

Wtf, the 30% girl here does not look like the other 30% girls. She doesn't look fat at all. Not even chubby. 

There are more inconsistensies in the different pictures. I would say 30-35% is where they start looking a bit on the fat side

Big Boobs It's hard to be consistant because height and muscle mass play an important role too. Shorter people can look fat with a lower % because they are stubby, and women store fat in their breasts, so large breated women will be skinnier with the same body fat percentage.

Plus muscles and bone density can change the appearance of a person slightly given the same body fat %.

pezus said:

Michael-5 said:

I voted 18%

22% I consider fat, but since there are so many levels of overweight, I call 22%-25% curvy, 30% fat, 35% obese (which it probably is, since obesity is defined as a BMI of 30+), and above 45% scary.

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I think I'm fair because while I consider 18% ideal for a girl, 12% looks ideal for a guy, and I would call a guy fatter with a lower BFP (%).

You voted 18% yet you think 30% is when they start to look fat? Aren't you going against your own question?

25% is where I full out call them fat, not just a little fat, fat fat. 20% depends on the specific women, I would say some girls are a bit curby (meaning a little fat, but still good looking), 22% is where all girls look curvy (so fat, but still good looking). 25% and up is just gross.

Jay520 said:
Dpending on which picture you use...

25%-30% is when I would recommend losing weight, though I may not call them fat.
30-35% is where I would label them fat.

If you're not fat, why do you need to loose weight? Is overweight not fat anymore?

JayWood2010 said:

pezus said:

Wtf, the 30% girl here does not look like the other 30% girls. She doesn't look fat at all. Not even chubby. 

 

There are more inconsistensies in the different pictures. I would say 30-35% is where they start looking a bit on the fat side

Girls carry more bf because they store more in butt and boobs.  

@OT:  Anything above 15%.  Not that it is fat or anything, it is just something that i would always try and stay below.  For males, aiming between 6-12% is best if you ask me.

That's not a well explained reason why women have more fat on them (but can pull it off). Women genetically store more fat to prepare them for childbirth. It's the same reasonwhy women have large a large pelvis (hip).

Since women have larger hips, they tend to have a larger ass to go with it, and with larger hips, you can have more belly fat before your skin starts to stretch.

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Also I kinda agree with you on 15%, but I like a bit of fat on my girls, so that's why I like 18%. 15% looks good only on athletic girls, if the girl is just super skinny, it's a bit gross.

<15% it's a bit gross and stringy, I don't like that. 15-20% looks good.