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What percentage of atoms in the human body are hydrogen?

Around 62 percent

Background

About 62 out of every 100 atoms in the body are hydrogen. This comes mostly from the large amount of water in us. By weight, hydrogen barely counts, since it is so light. So we are built together a bit lighter than it seems at first.

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