How can a person be 50% fat when we consist of approximately 60% of water?

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How can one person consist of 50% fat and 60% water? What about the rest?

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The percentage body water is not absolute. Its actually lower in people with morbid obesity. Doctors deal with this all the time. In fact, some drugs are based on ideal body weight. That’s where you take someones height and calculate how much they should weigh and then dose based on that.

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