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SMART ELECTRONIC SCALE
This new electronic scale lets you calculate your body composition (percentage of body fat,
water and muscle and BMI calculation) based on your height, age and gender.
Exact knowledge of your body composition (calculation of lean mass, fat mass, total body
water and muscle mass) enables a correct assessment of excess fat and at the same time
helps identify the desirable weight based on nutritional condition.
In this way, a proper diet can be adopted along with physical activity as fundamental
conditions for improving quality of life, promoting health and preventing disease.
Capacity 180 kg / 397 lb / 28 st 5 lb - division 100 g / 0.2 lb.
Attention!
• The body fat, water and muscle percentages along with bone mass and BMI
should only be considered to be indicative.
For further information, consult a physician or dietician.
• Self-measurements are for monitoring purposes, not diagnosis or treatment.
Unusual values must always be discussed with your physician.
Under no circumstances should you change the dosage of any medications
prescribed by your physician.
BEFORE USING, READ ALL OF THE INSTRUCTIONS AND WARNINGS CONTAINED IN
THIS MANUAL AND KEEP IT IN A SAFE PLACE.
BODY COMPOSITION
It is important to know individual body composition in order to be able to evaluate health.
In fact, weight is not enough data. The quality of the weight must be defined, which means
dividing the human body into two large masses as follows:
• lean mass: bone, muscle, viscera, water, organs, blood;
• fat mass: fat cells.
At equal weights, these two masses take up different volumes.
Through the electrodes located on the platform, the scale sends a weak, low intensity
electrical current that passes through the body.
The electric current reacts differently depending on the mass it encounters. Lean mass
provides little resistance while fat mass provides greater resistance.
This body resistance, called bioelectrical impedance, also varies depending upon gender,
age and height. For proper monitoring of your ideal weight, it is important to check not
only weight but also to compare the body fat percentage calculate by the scale with the
parameters given in the table and asses the proper percentage of water and bone mass
with the information given below.
If the percentages are outside of normal values, we recommend consulting a
physician. We recommend keeping track of these values for a certain period of
time in order to be able to understand them better.
For a valid comparison, you should always weigh yourself at the same time of day and
under the same conditions. The best time to weigh yourself is in the morning before eating,
when undressed.
your body.
body fat %
The body fat percentage indicated in the table below represents the total fat that is given by
adding essential (or primary) fat and storage fat.
Essential fat is indispensable as it is necessary for the metabolism.
The percentage of this fat differs for the two genders: About 4% for men and about 12% for
women (% calculated on total body weight).
Storage fat, which is in theory superfluous, is necessary in minimum quantities for good
health, especially for those who perform physical activities.
In this case, the percentage of this fat also differs for the two genders: 12% men, 15%
women (% calculated on total body weight).
So, the normal body fat percentage of body weight is 16% for men and 27% for women.
These percentages vary with the age of the individual as shown in the table below.
BOD
Age
% Underweight
Low
% Normal
Normal
% Slightly
overweight
High
% Overweight
V
WOMEN
<39 <21 21.2-33 33.1-39 >39
40-59 <23 23.1-34 34.1-40 >40
>59 <24 24.1-36 36.1-42 >42
MEN
<39 <8 8.1-20 20.1-25 >25
40-59 <11 11.1-22 22.1-28 >28
>59 <13 13.1-25 25.1-30 >30
muscle %
Muscles are the skeleton's motors and by means of the energy released during contraction,
they allow us to move, manage and control the movements of the head, trunk and upper
and lower limbs.
There are three different types of muscle: smooth, skeletal and cardiac.
Cardiac muscle is found in the heart.
This is the only organ made of striated fibres and that contracts involuntarily.
Smooth muscle is made of smooth fibres.
These are found exclusively in the walls of the digestive tract, respiratory tract and genital
tract and in the wall of the venous and arterial blood vessels. Smooth muscle is under
involuntary control.
Skeletal muscle, which is called voluntary because it contracts according to our will,
includes the muscles attached to the skeleton and the facial muscles.
These voluntary striated muscles move the skeleton, thus allowing us to move and
communicate with the environment outside our bodies.
This scale indicates the % of skeletal muscle and smooth muscle tissue in the body.
On average, 40% of body mass is made up of skeletal muscle.
In general, the percentage can increase in athletes during prolonged physical activity. In
moderate and daily physical activity, the % tends to increase, but slowly (the difference is
seen after months of activity).
Physical activity also improves the water balance in the body.
The percentage of muscle starts to decrease with age (after 40). Men usually have more
accentuated muscles than women.
Water %
Water is the main component of lean mass. The percentage of water in lean mass is 73%.
Lean mass is obtained by subtracting an individuals body fat mass from the total weight
(example: 25 year old man with fat mass 17% = lean mass 83%).
About 60% of body weight is water, which is the basic constituent of all living things and
is essential to life.
Women (who normally have more body fat then men) have a water percentage of around
55%-58% while men have around 60%-62%.
The percentage of water is greater in childhood (at birth it varies from 70%-77%), decreases
with age (in the elderly the percentage varies from 45%-55%) and as fat deposits increase.
Obese individuals have less water mass than lean individuals.
Refer to the data below to compare the percentage detected.
Water performs many biological functions:
• it promotes digestion;
• it is a solvent for substances that are important for the body;
• it removes metabolic waste;
• it transports oxygen, nutrients, enzymes, hormones and glucose to the cells;
• it is a source of mineral salts;
• it regulates body temperature.
On a daily basis, the human body expels a certain amount of water which must be regularly
replaced. A loss of water of about 10% of body weight can compromise health.
Body weight variations can occur in a short period of time (hours), a medium period of time
(days) or over a long period (weeks).
Small variations in weight over a few hours is normal and due to water retention since
extracellular water (which includes the interstitial fluid, plasma, lymph and transcellular
fluid) is the only compartment capable of varying so rapidly.
When weight decreases in a few days, it is probably a decrease in total water (about 60%
inside the cells - intracellular water - and about 40% outside the cells - extracellular water)
and thus even of lean mass.
Body fat changes are ultimately subject to variations in weeks.
Therefore, when assessing your body composition trend, it is necessary to keep
the following in mind:
• A decrease in weight accompanied by no change in body fat or even an increase
in body fat means that your body only lost water (for example, after exercising,
time in the sauna or a limited diet for rapid weight loss).
• An increase in weight accompanied by a decrease or no change in body fat
indicates the development of precious muscle mass.
• When the weight and body fat decrease at the same time it means that your
diet is working and volume is being lost.
• A high percentage of body fat or reduced muscle mass always indicates a body
water percentage that is too low.
Warning!
When following a weight loss treatment, body fat should decrease and not muscle
mass.
The skeletal system
The skeleton is the sturdy and flexible structure that supports our body, giving it shape,
protecting the internal organs, anchoring the muscles and allowing movement. It is primarily
made up of bones (206) and cartilage.
Most of the bones in the female skeleton are the same as those in the male skeleton, except
smaller.
The exception is the pelvis. In fact, the female pelvis is usually larger than the male pelvis.
This scale gives the weight of the skeleton.
The skeletal weight reading must be related to the age, height and lifestyle of each individual.
Body mass index
The body mass index (BMI) is the relation of body weight to height.
The classification given be low is correlated to the risk that body weight exerts on health.
When BMI is between 18.5 and 24.9 it means that the weight does not statistically impact
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