How do scales that measure body fat work?
April 29th, 2009 Posted by: admin
We just bought one of those Health o meter scales that measure body fat, hydration levels and bone density. We were wondering how the scale measured it, because someone told us it was impossible for a scale to measure it.
By: Princess Ninja
By: Princess Ninja
Tags: Bone Density, Health O Meter Scales, Hydration Levels
April 30th, 2009 at 23:26
They send a little electronic pulse through one foot and receive it through the other… measuring resistence along the way it provides a guide to the amount of body fat that the current travelled through…. I guess. That’s why you don’t wear sox and it works better if your feet are wet.
May 3rd, 2009 at 22:44
Don’t trust the scale 100%. My cousin had bought one of those and it showed I was 20% body fat when I was in fact 11% when i checked at the gym.. so they aren’t very accurate.
May 5th, 2009 at 03:53
usualy..those scales require you to enter information such as age, sex, height, and are you active or not. then bases on that info + your actual weight it gives you an estimate. But your friend is right………if you put a 50 pound rock on the scale it will tell that it has some fat although we all know rocks don’t have fat. The best way to measure fat is to use those fat calipers and actual inches measurements or better yet go to the doctor. I would use the scale only to weigh your weight in pounds.but don’t trust the fat reader as you might learn that your are losing weight but the scales says you are getting fatter.