How does increasing adipose (fat) tissue generally affect percentage of total body water, and why?

• A. It has no effect because water is distributed evenly by mass across all tissues regardless of composition
• B. It increases total body water because fat stores attract and hold water molecules more effectively than muscle tissue
• C. It decreases the percentage of total body water because adipose tissue contains less water per unit mass than muscle
• D. It causes unpredictable changes in water percentage primarily by altering serum proteins rather than tissue water content directly

Answer: (C)