By the way, if the average body density is 62 lbs/ft3, what does it mean (in terms of fat vs. muscle) if your body density is less than 62 lbs/ft3? What if it is more than 62 lbs/ft3?

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By the way, if the average body density is 62 lbs/ft3, what does it mean (in terms of fat vs.
muscle) if your body density is less than 62 lbs/ft3? What if it is more than 62 lbs/ft3? 

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The weight of 1kg of muscles and 1kg of fats will be same, but the volume that they will occupy will be different 

The 1kg of fat will occupy greater volume as compared to 1kg of muscles it means the density of muscles is greater than that of fat.

According to the question we are considering an average body density to be 62lbs/ft³, and if our body density is less than that, it means that our body has less amount of muscles and greater amount of fats the lower the value of density the lesser muscles we shall have.

If the density is very less than we can say that, that person may be a patient of obesity.

Such a person will be very vulnerable to high blood pressure, high cholesterol,  heart diseases, diabetes, cancers and other organ malfunctioning. 

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