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Body composition is imply the amount of fat + muscle + bone + water that make up your total weight. 

Muscle, bone, and water are generally combined to account for lean body mass. Lean body mass versus fat mass determine how healthy your body composition is.  

Body composition is NOT the same as your BMI or your total body weight. 

BMI is a calculation based on your height and weight.  Taking your weight in kg divided by your height in meters squared.  This is NOT a very helpful metric because it doesn’t take into account your lean versus fat mass.  Take for example a body builder who is 6’, 225 lbs, solid muscle and in great physical condition.  Compare this to a sedentary person who is 6’ 225lbs, with a larger waist circumference and lower muscle mass.  They’ll have the same BMI of 30.5 which falls into the obese category - but clearly they’re in very different states of health. The body builder is NOT unhealthy or obese, his weight is made up of more muscle and bone with less fat than the sedentary man with a larger waist circumference made up of fat. 

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