how can i reduce my body fat percentage from 15% to 10%?

i weigh 90 lbs and stand 5 ft tall. i want to reduce my body fat percentage from 15% to 10 % and reduce my waist from 24 to 23 inches or lower. any suggestions on on how i can achieve this without further reducing my weight? how many calories should i eat and what kind of exercises should i do?

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1. 90 pounds how old are you if you are less than 12 yrs than ur underwieght
2. Do you realize that anything under 12% body fat for a post-pubescent female is considered unhealthy and possibly dangerous? Your menstrual cycle would stop, your hormone balance would be thrown completely out of whack, and you run the risk of compromising your immune system. If I were you, and I had a sincere desire to trim body fat that extra 3%, I'd begin lifting weights. The only healthy way for someone of your size to decrease your body fat percentage is to gain muscle. Find a personal trainer who knows how to REALLY weight-lift. Use the free-weight section of the gym. Challenge yourself. Don't be afraid to gain some muscle. Once you start gaining lean muscle mass, your metabolism will sharply increase. You'll burn body fat, but you won't lose weight. You'll LOOK trimmer, leaner, and healthier. You'll BE trimmer, leaner, and healthier. As for what you should eat... don't count calories. Eat healthy foods - lean meat, lots of veggies, some whole grains. Don't eat a lot of sugars and bulky starchy foods. Don't eat things with a lot of butter, oil, or grease. Eat when you're hungry, don't eat when you're not hungry. When you start weight lifting, you'll be hungry more often. This is normal, and you MUST listen to your body and give it the QUALITY fuel it needs. That helps your muscles strengthen, and will create lean muscle mass. DON'T worry about "getting big". A lot of female athletes ask about this. You obviously have a very tiny frame. You will NOT get "big" by weight lifting. Instead, you will quickly become more trim and toned. But please, please, PLEASE don't try to drop down to 10% body fat unless you are under the direct supervision of a doctor. You could seriously hurt yourself. And PLEASE don't drop any more weight. You're already extremely tiny.
3. I don't think you really want to do that. 15% is pretty close to the safe minimum for females. You can create all kinds of hormone related problems for yourself if you take it lower.
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6. Well, first off 10% body fat would make you very underfat. You shouldn't even go below 14% body fat or you can end up with all kinds of health problems such as loss of menstrual cycle & infertility, early onset osteoperosis, impaired immune function, chronic fatigue syndrome, just to mention a few. And secondly, the way to reduce your body fat is not to lose more weight, but to gain muscle. You need to EAT LOTS of PROTEIN. Also do strength training at least 3 times a week.