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Note: Athletes often have lower values than those of the table above. The values can
be underneath the guiding values depending on the sport, the intensity of exercise and
the physical condition. But please note that extremely low values can be an indication
for health hazard.
Content of water of your body:
The content of water inside your body is usually within the following ranges (only the
normal range is indicated):
Age Woman Man
10 - 12 > 60 > 64
13 - 18 > 58.5 > 63.5
19 - 30 > 56 > 62.5
31 - 40 > 53 > 61
41 - 50 > 52 > 60
51 - 60 > 51 > 59
60+ > 50 > 58
Note: Adipose has relatively few water. For this reason the content of water in case of
a high content of adipose can be below the guiding values above. Regarding endurance
athletes the values can be higher than the guiding values because of the low adipose
and the high content of muscles.
Age Woman Man
undernou-
rished
healthy /
normal
overweigth too much
adipose
undernou-
rished
healthy /
normal
overweigth too much
adipose
10 - 12 < 12 12 - 22 22 - 30 > 30 < 8 8 - 18 18 - 24 > 24
13 - 18 < 15 15 - 25 25 - 33 > 33 < 8 8 - 18 18 - 24 > 24
19 - 30 < 20 20 - 29 29 - 36 > 36 < 8 8 - 18 18 - 24 > 24
31 - 40 < 22 22 - 31 31 - 38 > 38 < 11 11 - 20 20 - 26 > 26
41 - 50 < 24 24 - 33 33 - 40 > 40 < 13 13 - 22 22 - 28 > 28
51 - 60 < 26 26 - 35 35 - 42 > 42 < 15 15 - 24 24 - 30 > 30
60+ < 28 28 - 37 37 - 47 > 47 < 17 17 - 25 26 - 34 > 34