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INFORMATION ON BODY COMPOSITION
PRINCIPLES OF BODY COMPOSITION SCALE MEASUREMENT
When taking a measurement, your Body Composition Scale unit passes an extremely weak
electrical current through your body (via the feet electrodes) to measure the electrical resistance
of body tissue using the Bioelectrical Impedance (BI) method.
Muscles, blood vessels and bones are body tissues having a high water content that conducts
electricity easily. Body fat, on the other hand, is tissue that has little electrical conductivity.
Using these principles, the unit calculates the ratio of body tissue that is not fat.
The unit sends an extremely weak electrical current of 50 kHz and less than 500
µ
A through
your body to determine the amount of fat tissue. This very weak electrical current is safe and is
not felt while using the unit.
To calculate your body composition from the electrical impedance obtained from the feet
electrodes, the unit uses the following components in its calculation;
(1) the electrical resistance, (2) your height, (3) your weight, (4) your age, and (5) your gender.
FEATURES OF THE BODY COMPOSITION SCALE
Body composition analysis data is calculated by the best measurement method for each type of
component.
Body Fat Percentage:
This is based on the UWW (Under Water Weighing) method, which
uses Archimedes’ principle and is the established method for
accurate evaluation of body composition.
Resting Metabolism:
This is based on exhalation analysis, where the composition of
exhaled air is analyzed. This makes it possible to calculate the resting
metabolism by measuring the consumption of oxygen in exhaled air.
Visceral Fat Level:
This is based on X-ray CT (Computed Tomography) analysis, which
uses x-rays that take non-intrusive images of the body. This makes it
possible to calculate the area of visceral fat in the body.
Skeletal Muscle Percentage:
This is based on MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) analysis,
which uses nuclear magnetic resonance that take non-intrusive
images of the body. This makes it possible to calculate the amount of
skeletal muscle in the body.
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