A young adult's body weight is approximately ____________________% water
What will be an ideal response?
ANS:
60
sixty
Approximately 60 percent of a young adult's body weight is water. Older adults are less than 50 percent water, and infants are between 70 percent and 80 percent water. Women have less body water because they have more fat than men. Fat cells do not contain water.
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