Body fat percentage refers to the proportion of fat tissue in relation to your total body weight. Body fat % ranges can have extreme variations, from <5% in elite athletes to >50% in morbidly obese individuals. There isn’t one exact healthy number for having a healthy body fat percent; rather, there is a healthy range. There is a range of about 10 percent that you can fluctuate between while maintaining good health. Anything under or over this percentage range starts to increase the risk of developing health problems. A lot of variables are at play in determining an individual’s ideal body fat % and it is influenced by factors such as age, gender, genetics, and lifestyle.