Women with a healthy weight and normal overall body fat have more fat in their legs relative to their total body fat and trunk fat compared to obese people, but men with healthy weight don't show this pattern.
Scientific Claim
Females with normal body mass index and total body fat percentage have significantly higher leg fat percentage to total body fat percentage ratios and leg fat percentage to trunk fat percentage ratios compared to obese individuals, while males do not show this difference.
Original Statement
“females in the normal BMI and TOTFAT% categories, but not males, had significantly higher LEGFAT%-to-TOTFAT% and LEGFAT%-to-TRUFAT% ratios than those in the obese category.”
Evidence Quality Assessment
Claim Status
overstated
Study Design Support
Design supports claim
Appropriate Language Strength
association
Can only show association/correlation
Assessment Explanation
Cross-sectional study design can only show associations, not causation. The phrase 'significantly higher' implies a direct difference but should be framed as an association.
More Accurate Statement
“Females with normal body mass index and total body fat percentage are associated with higher leg fat percentage to total body fat percentage ratios and leg fat percentage to trunk fat percentage ratios compared to obese individuals, while males are not.”