It's now well established that heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes and cancer are associated with poor dietary choices and excess body fat. The statistics for these killer diseases don't seem to be improving. In the United States of America, the home of fast food franchises, over 8% of the population have diabetes. The complications of this disease are deeply worrisome – heart disease, high blood pressure, blindness, kidney disease, neuropathy and amputation.

It's more than wise to lower the risk factors and be proactive in safeguarding your present and future health. The occasional visit to the doctor doesn't necessarily mean you are going to receive a full checkup, so it's a great idea to be able to monitor your family's health on a regular basis.

Simple body scales give you one figure to work with and that is your total weight. It's an important statistic but only gives you a partial view of your total health. The simple weight measurement does not differentiate between lean body tissue like muscle and bone from excess body fat.

Tanita Body Fat Monitors on the other hand are able to tell you what your total body weight is and also a number of other important measurements such as body fat percentage and metabolic age. We won't define all the measurements right now but clicking on this link will let you know all the various Tanita Body Fat Monitor Features.

Tanita Body Fat Monitor/Scales use the BIA (Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis) technique. In this method, a safe, low-level electrical signal is passed through the body. It is difficult for the signal to flow through fat in the human body, but easy to flow through moisture in the muscle and other body tissues. The difficulty with which the signal flows through a substance is called impedance. So the more resistance, or impedance the signal encounters, the higher the body fat reading.

Tanita Body Fat Monitors let you know your important measurements so you you can measure the effects of your exercise and diet program. Imagine if you were exercising and watching your diet and you were putting on weight. With a simple scale you'd be disappointed in your efforts but with a Tanita you might find that your muscle mass was increasing and your body fat was reducing. It's a much clearer picture and let's you know that you are on the right track.

It's time to retire the old bathroom scales and invest in a Tanita Body Fat Monitor.

Click here to learn more about our latest model the Tanita BC-601