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How Does the
Activ8rlives
Body
Analyser
Bluetooth
4.0
Work?
The
Activ8rlives
Body Analyser
Bluetooth 4.0 uses a measurement principle known as
Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis (BIA). A very small current is sent through your
body, through your feet and legs. The current flows with little electrical resistance
through lean muscular tissue, which is full of fluid. By contrast, body fat has a high
electrical resistance—it acts as an electrical insulator. By measuring your body’s
resistance to the current (its impendence), the proportion of muscle can be
calculated. From this, the quantity of fat and water can then be estimated.
The size of the current used is only about 1 mA—this is a minuscule current and you
will not feel it. However, the
Activ8rlives
Body Analyser
Bluetooth 4.0 should NOT be
used by those fitted with a pace maker or if you have any other electrically-operated
medical device fitted.
The Best Time to Measure Your Body
Composition
Our water content can vary at different times during the day and since body fat
percentage is calculated by measuring the water content, our body fat reading can
also vary throughout the day. There is no right or wrong time of the day to take a
reading, but we find it most consistent to measure our body weight and water
content first thing in the morning before eating or drinking and after using the toilet.
It is about making the measurement consistent.
Taking measurement after having a bath or sauna, or following intensive exercise, or
within 1-2 hours of drinking in quantity or eating a meal is going to distort the values
generated.
Never attempt to take readings when you are wet, after a shower or vigorous
exercise.
Make sure that your
Activ8rlives
Body Analyser
Bluetooth 4.0 is placed on a level,
hard surface.
DO NOT
attempt to use the
Activ8rlives
Body Analyser
Bluetooth 4.0 on a carpeted
surface—erroneous values will be generated.
