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@ayakuro I think OP meant what percentage *of your income*. You spend 94% of your income on gels, bagels, pop tars and protein shakes? Sign me up.

@ma13 Ah, I see what you mean. Thanks!

@chrisard True of many things in this transitory thing we call life.

@ma13 I’m wondering about the last part of your comment... is there something wrong about aspiring to have an athlete’s composition? Is that bad?

@dawn16 Oh, yeah, I didn’t think about those variables. I guess I was just focused on the causal link that the commenter before me was focused on. Thanks for you reply!

@markxiii Yeah, I've been digging around on Google Scholar to try to find a range. All I can find is studies that identify ~30% body fat (in women) as the point at which various systems in the body get compromised (e.g. vitamin d absorption, cardiac activity, metabolic functions). I can't find...

@tlb73737 What makes that ideal?

@herve I think fertility gets impacted below 15% body fat.