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writes: dear cupidI am currently doing a survey and would like to know how many percent of the world population are fat and skinny, how many are average weight and how many are underweight also can someone also define what average weight means?thanks in advance Reply to this Question
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reader, Richard_EMids  +, writes (9 February 2008):
 Sorry, just noticed you're doing a survey. Ok I'm 80 kgs , about 176 pounds. I'm fit, so I would say average.
That's the results for two of us in, just leaves the other 6,600,000,000 to respond now
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reader, Richard_EMids +, writes (9 February 2008):
I can answer this so easily for you. 50% of the world's population are fat and 50% are skinny. There you go - an accurate answer. No one can say this is not true.
Average is defined mathematically, it's the mean. To determine fat and skinny you need cut off points. This could be done using standard deviation, though not ideal. Also, weight isn't a true measure of fat. Fat is lighter than muscle.
Have a think about what you are trying to find out.
Richard
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reader, Laura1318  +, writes (9 February 2008):
 I think you can find the answer from Google.
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reader, rcn  +, writes (9 February 2008):
 average is due to age, hight what the approximate accepted weight is for that criteria.
I'm a bit overweight, but cary it well and still am happy with myself and the way I look.
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