Reality star, multi-millionaire businesswoman, lawyer and now “athlete”.
Kim Kardashian, 41, has revealed her total body fat percentage (or lack thereof), telling fans she falls into the beloved ‘athlete category’.
The mother of four shared on Instagram that she underwent body composition testing with American company BodySpec, and her results show she has a total body fat of just 18.8 percent.
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According to the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, what is considered a “healthy body fat” depends on your age. In Kardashian’s case, women between the ages of 40 and 59 should fall between “23% and 33%” of total body fat to be considered healthy.
Meanwhile, the category of athletes falls between 14 and 20 percent.
Elsewhere in the results, Kardashian claimed her bones were stronger than “93-97%” of people.
Kardashian, who initially made a name for herself thanks to her voluptuous figure, has trimmed down significantly in recent years after switching to a plant-based diet.
But her often extreme methods of achieving her figure have sparked controversy at times, most recently when she revealed her rapid weight loss to fit into Marilyn Monroe’s original dress for May’s Met Gala.
She said on the red carpet that she lost 7kg in just three weeks to fit into the iconic Jean Louis dress that Monroe wore to sing “Happy Birthday” to President John F. Kennedy in 1962.
In an interview with charm in July, the SKIMS founder defended the move, likening it to an actor preparing for a role.
“If I was starving and doing it really unhealthy, I’d say of course that’s not a good message,” he began. “But he had a nutritionist, he had a trainer. I have never drunk more water in my life. I don’t see the criticism for other people when they lost weight for roles, they are [considered] geniuses for their trade”.
Kardashian admitted that she cares about how “more than 90 percent of the people on this planet” look, adding that she’s learned to be more carefree lately, but she still “hates” one aspect of her body.
“I’m okay with not being perfect and I wasn’t like that before, I hate my hands – they’re wrinkled and dirty,” she said.