What body fat percentage do you find attractive?

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  • MyRummyHens
    MyRummyHens Posts: 141 Member
    Men 10-15%
    Women 15-17%, 20-22% can look fab if there is underlying muscle to go with that and not the 'skinny fat' look.

    These are my "most attractive", with the possible exceptions of 3-4% male (I personally don't dig veins) and either sex over 35% I think people with the right shape can rock most %'s.
  • amyhoss
    amyhoss Posts: 414 Member
    I like 15% in men
  • tgabmac
    tgabmac Posts: 46 Member
    Men- 12-15%
    Women- 22-25%
  • Zaftique
    Zaftique Posts: 599 Member
    Men: 15-30%
    Women: 30-40%

    I like some squish to my lovers. ;)
  • KseRz
    KseRz Posts: 980 Member
    Bodyfat has less of a direct impact on perceived attractiveness.

    Men, on average, tend to be attracted to women who are shorter than they are, have a youthful appearance, and exhibit features such as a symmetrical face, full breasts, full lips, and a low waist-hip ratio.

    http://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2004/jan/17/weekend7.weekend2 (<-- This one is definitely a TLDR link)

    http://www.staff.ncl.ac.uk/daniel.nettle/procroysoc.pdf


    Its no coincidence that men and women are strongly attracted to one another within a given hip to waist ratio as the hip to waist ratio strongly correlates with general overall health and fertility. Women within the 0.7 range have optimal levels of estrogen and are less susceptible to major diseases such as diabetes, cardiovascular disorders and ovarian cancers. Men with WHRs around 0.9, similarly, have been shown to be more healthy and fertile with less prostate cancer and testicular cancer.

    http://faculty.bennington.edu/~sherman/sex/whr-singh2002.pdf

    http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~hbe-lab/acrobatfiles/profilewhr.pdf
  • FitMe758
    FitMe758 Posts: 177 Member
    On men, I'd say 10-25%. On women, 15-30%.

    same.
  • ItsCasey
    ItsCasey Posts: 4,021 Member
    I believe appearance is a consequence of fitness. People who worry about coming "too fit" because of how it is going to make them look are really unattractive to me. Someone who doesn't want me to be as fit as I want to be because of how it will make me look is similarly unattractive to me.
  • Technolero
    Technolero Posts: 90
    I used to be 13-15% and I really liked it. I really noticed the definition change at 15%. So that's what I like for guys. For women, based upon the pictures at http://www.builtlean.com/2012/09/24/body-fat-percentage-men-women/, 15-30% is very attractive, but 15-22% is particularly smokin'.

    At least for me though, my expectations for women change with a woman's age and it's hard to explain. I expect an 18-25 year old woman who eats healthy and works out to be able to be 15-25%, I guess because I see many women daily that do look like that. On the other hand, I don't see very many women over 40 who look like that, so it particularly attracts my attention when I do see them, because I understand how much work is required to stay that way when you are older, have kids etc.
  • la_te_ra_lus
    la_te_ra_lus Posts: 243 Member
    it depends on how a woman carries herself.. They can be sexy from 15%-30%
  • amwbox
    amwbox Posts: 576 Member
    30-35. 40 if she carries it well, and its distributed.
  • Flopzsalter
    Flopzsalter Posts: 6 Member
    I think I'm most drawn to men that are 18-25% body fat. 15% is a bit low in my opinion.
    For all those ladies out there, my husband puts his vote for most attractive at 30-35% body fat range. (which I find fascinating because when we started dating I was at the 20-22% range).

    Anywho, thanks for the photo links... I've changed my bf goal because of them so yay!!!! lots of work, but less work than I initially thought ^_^
  • TiberiusClaudis
    TiberiusClaudis Posts: 423 Member
    After re-reading this, most women seem to be saying between 10-12% for men. It makes me wonder how many women have actually SEEN someone live in single digits. It's kind of rare.

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