Body composition, quite simply, is how your total weight is shared across the key elements that make up your body weight, which is basically your soft-tissues and bones. In more detail... Bones are pretty straight forward but for scientific purposes (and dietitians like us are fundamentally scientists), your soft tissue is broken up into: · Fat and · Everything else which we call fat free-mass. It is often referred to as lean soft tissue. This includes your muscles and all yo

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