What's heavier torso or legs?

Per What is the weight of a human leg? [answer updated] each leg weighs about 10% of the total weight, and the torso about 60%. But the average person's legs are about half his or her height and the torso about 40% of height. Thus, torsos weigh about 4.5 times as much per inch as legs.
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Which body part is most heavy?

  1. Skin. Skin © iStock. Average weight: 4,535g. ...
  2. Liver. Liver © iStock. Average weight: 1,560g. ...
  3. Brain. Brain © iStock. Average weight: 1,500g. ...
  4. Lungs. Lung © iStock. Average weight: 1,300g. ...
  5. Heart. Heart © iStock. Average weight: 300g. ...
  6. Kidneys. Kidneys © iStock. Average weight: 260g (pair) ...
  7. Spleen. Spleen © iStock. ...
  8. Pancreas. Pancreas © iStock.
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Is most of your weight in your legs?

The lowest parts of your legs (near your feet) support the most weight. The upper parts of your legs support less because they do not have to support the lower parts of your legs.
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How many pounds does a leg weigh?

For a 150lb average human being, a leg weighs about 26lb.
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How much weight does hair add?

The average weight of these samples was 0.00064 ounces per inch of hair. It's not clear exactly how many hairs were in each sample, but assuming every sample had between 30 and 50, we can estimate that the average weight of an inch-long piece of hair is somewhere between 0.000013 and 0.000021 ounces.
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What Kind of Torso Are You? It Changes EVERYTHING



Why do I carry all my weight in my stomach?

There are many reasons why people gain belly fat, including poor diet, lack of exercise, and stress. Improving nutrition, increasing activity, and making other lifestyle changes can all help. Belly fat refers to fat around the abdomen.
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Why do I carry weight in my legs?

It seems like no matter how much you exercise or what diet you're on, the stubborn fat on your belly, thighs, and buttocks just won't go away. Genetics most likely dictates where most of your fat accumulates, although women tend to store fat in the hips and thighs, in addition to the belly and buttocks.
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Why am I losing weight in my legs but not my stomach?

If you are on a low-carb diet, it will help you lose weight as there will be water loss from glycogen in the muscles. But in this case, fat will not burn. Also, if you are doing cardio, you may lose weight quickly but burning belly fat might take time.
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What portion of your body weight is above your waist?

trunk: 48.3 percent; 50.8 percent. thigh: 10.5 percent; 8.3 percent. head and neck: 7.1 percent; 9.4 percent. lower leg: 4.5 percent; 5.5 percent.
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What's a girl average weight?

What's the Average Weight for Women? How much does the average American woman weigh? The average American woman 20 years old and up weighs 170.6 pounds and stands at 63.7 inches (almost 5 feet, 4 inches) tall.
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What percentage of your height is legs?

On average, legs make up half of adult height, but there are wide individual differences, and women tend to have a higher leg-to-body rations (LBRs). In the study, reported in the journal Body Image, the researchers had volunteers rate male and female drawings with different LBRs.
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What is the second heaviest organ?

Did you know that your liver is the second largest? That makes it the largest solid internal organ you have, weighing in at 3-3.5 pounds. It is located underneath your ribs, lungs, and diaphragm, and on top of your gallbladder, stomach, and intestines.
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What's the lightest organ in the human body?

The lightest organ in the human body is the lung.
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What is the strongest muscle in the human body?

If you define strength to mean the ability to exert the most pressure, then the strongest muscle in the human body is the masseter muscle. Of course, you probably call the masseter your jaw muscle. This thick cheek muscle near the back of your jaw opens and closes your mouth when you chew.
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Where is the first place you gain weight?

For some people, the first noticeable change may be at the waistline. For others, the breasts or face are the first to show change. Where you gain or lose weight first is likely to change as you get older. Both middle-aged men and postmenopausal women tend to store weight around their midsections.
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Which part of body loses fat first?

Mostly, losing weight is an internal process. You will first lose hard fat that surrounds your organs like liver, kidneys and then you will start to lose soft fat like waistline and thigh fat. The fat loss from around the organs makes you leaner and stronger.
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Why do girls have big thighs?

Hormones drive the deposition of fat around the pelvis, buttocks, and thighs of women and the bellies of men. For women, this so-called sex-specific fat appears to be physiologically advantageous, at least during pregnancies.
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What exercise burns the most belly fat?

Crunches:

The most effective exercise to burn stomach fat is crunches. Crunches rank top when we talk of fat-burning exercises. You can start by lying down flat with your knees bent and your feet on the ground.
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Why is my stomach getting bigger even though I exercise?

Your muscles are retaining water.

Newly strengthened muscles retain water, and for good reason. Weight training exposes muscles to stress to strengthen them, and the resulting soreness causes the surrounding tissues to swell until things calm down.
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Why do women's stomachs stick out?

The most common causes are trapped gas or eating too much in a short time. The sensation of bloating can cause abdominal distention, which is a visible swelling or extension of your belly.
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Do you weigh less after a poo?

While you might feel lighter after pooping, you're not actually losing much weight. What's more, when you lose weight while pooping, you're not losing the weight that really matters. To lose disease-causing body fat, you need to burn more calories than you consume. You can do this by exercising more and eating less.
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How much does poop add to your weight?

“Most stool weighs about 100 grams or 0.25 pounds. This can vary based on a person's size and bathroom frequency. That said, poop is made up of about 75% water, so going to the bathroom gives off a little bit of water weight,” says Natalie Rizzo, MS, RD.
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Do you weigh more before or after shower?

You're weighing yourself after you shower.

Keith Kantor, a leading nutritionist and CEO of the Nutritional Addiction Mitigation Eating and Drinking (NAMED) program. “After a swim or a shower, your body can absorb 1 to 3 cups of water, increasing your true weight by a few pounds.”
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