Total Body Water Percentage (TBW%) is the total amount of fluid in the body expressed as a percentage of total weight.
You continually lose water during the day from sweating, breathing and urinating and water levels are impacted by climate, activity levels, illness, medications and nutrition. Water is important to body functioning and is found in every cell, tissue and organ.
Maintaining a healthy body water % improves overall health and helps ensure the body operates efficiently and avoids health conditions associated with dehydration such as achy joints and muscles, fatigue, dizziness and dry skin.
Skeletal muscle contains more water than fat per pound of tissue, therefore athletes have higher body water percentage.
Source of information: http://www.grandsprings.com/hydration%20facts.htm
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