The fat-free mass or part of the body including all its components except adipose tissue
The portion of your body that is composed of water, muscles, bones, and tendons is called lean body mass. Your body fat percentage is a measure of the percentage of your body that is not lean body mass.
The fat-free mass or part of the body including all its components except fat storage.
Fat Free body tissue, comprising mostly muscle. Lean mass is the primary determinant of the body's basal metabolism (calories you burn at rest). In healthy men, bodyfat (bodyweight minus lean body mass) ranges from 8-12%; in women, 18-22%.
composed of bone, muscle, organs and body fluids.
All of a body's tissues apart from the body fat-the bones, muscles, organs, blood, and water. Also called fat-free mass.
A measurement excluding your body fat that has been shown to be useful in determining resting metabolic rate (RMR). For every 1 pound of lean body mass, your body burns approximately 14 calories.
The portion of the body such as muscle and organs that is devoid of fat and bone.
Another term that describes fat-free mass.
Lean body mass refers to any non-fatty part of your body including bone, muscle, organ tissue, blood, and miscellaneous substances such as water. To calculate lean body mass, multiply body fat percentage by total weight and subtract the result from total weight.
all the tissues of the body except fat tissue.
total body weight minus body fat.
Everything in the body except for fat, including bone, organs, skin, nails and all body tissue including muscle. Approximately 50-60% of lean body mass is water.
Includes all skeletal bones and muscle, skin, organs, hair, blood, body water. It’s basically your weight minus body fat.
Lean body mass refers to the weight of the body minus the fat content, or, in other words, the body mass without the fat.
the weight of your bones, muscle and other nonfat tissue.
Body weight minus body fat; primarily muscle, bone and other non-fat tissue.
This term refers to a measurement of your body's lean muscle weight, or fat free body tissue. Lean body mass is the main determinant of the body's basal metabolism (calories you burn at rest). This is why it is said that the more muscle you gain, the more fat your body will burn off. For more information on healthy body fat percentages for men and women please see: body fat percentage.
