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What percentage of your body is made up of water?
Answer
60%
The human body is approximately 60% water by mass. This water is distributed throughout cells, blood, tissues, and organs. Interestingly, this percentage changes with age—infants are about 75% water, while elderly people are closer to 50% water. Water is essential for digestion, circulation, temperature regulation, and virtually every bodily function.
💡 Did you know?
Your body is 60% water; the water inside you is constantly being replaced—you drink the equivalent of your body weight in water yearly.
Other options people guess
- 45%
- 75%
- 85%
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- human body
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