Table 3.

Means and SDs of percentage of body fat for selected human groups, adults only, divided by sex when available

Population	Body fat, %	Method	Sample size, n
Hadza nomads (51) in Tanzania	19.0 ± 7.0 F	BIA	235 (F)
	10.6 ± 3.2 M		238 (M)
Ariaal nomads (49) in Kenya	6.2 ± 3.1 M	BIA	49
Ariaal settled (49) in Kenya	7.7 ± 3.8 M	BIA	52
Turkana nomads (33) in Kenya	5.7 ± 2.1 M	SK	132
Turkana settled (33) in Kenya	9.1 ± 3.6 M	SK	90
Urban (50) in Zimbabwe	14.8 ± 6.8 M	BIA	103
Urban (34) in Switzerland	28.8 ± 6.6 F	BIA	2,490 (F)
	19.7 ± 5.6 M		2,735 (M)

SK, skinfolds.