Question

Which body type generally would have the highest ratio of water content to total body mass? muscular female thin male muscular male none are correct because neither body type nor gender affects the ratio of water content to total body mass. thin female?

Answer 1

Body fat directly influences total body water. The influence of age, gender and fitness is also relative. Women and older persons tend to be lower on total boy water because they have lower fat free masses. Athletes tend to have higher total body water, therefore a younger athletic male would have the highest.