Body fat percentage is the amount of body fat as a proportion of your body weight. Everybody needs body fat to be healthy. Body fat is vital to basic bodily functions such as regulating body temperature, storing vitamins and cushioning joints. Yet, too much fat can damage your health. Reducing excess levels of body fat has shown to reduce the risk of certain conditions such as high blood pressure, heart disease, diabetes and cancer.

Body Water %:

Total Body Water Percentage (TBW%) is the total amount of fluid in the body expressed as a percentage of total weight. Water plays a vital role in many of the body’s processes and is found in every cell, tissue and organ. Maintaining a healthy TBW% ensures the body functions efficiently and reduces the risk of developing associated health problems. Being well hydrated will also help concentration levels, sports performance and general well-being.

Muscle Mass:

Muscle Mass is the weight of muscle in your body. Muscles play an important role because they act as the body’s engine in consuming energy (calories). As you exercise more, your muscle mass increases, which in turn accelerates the rate of energy or calories consumed. Increasing your muscle mass will raise your metabolic rate, helping you reduce excess body fat and lose weight the healthy way. Track your progress with Tanita’s Body Composition Monitor as you increase your activity levels.

Physique Rating:

As you become more active and reduce the amount of body fat, your physique rating will also change accordingly. Even though your weight may not change, your muscle mass and body fat levels may be changing making you healthier and at a lower risk of certain diseases. Each person should set his/her own goal of which physique he/she would like and follow a diet and fitness program in order to achieve the desired rating.

Daily Caloric Intake:

Daily caloric intake is the estimated number of calories that can be consumed within the next 24 hours to maintain current weight based on your Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR).

Basal Metabolic Rate:

The Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) is the daily minimum level of energy or calories your body requires when resting (including sleeping) to function effectively.

About 70% of calories consumed every day are used for your basal metabolism. The more vigorous the activity levels, the more calories are burned. Increasing your muscle mass helps raise your BMR, which increases the number of calories burned and helps to decrease body fat levels. You can track your progress on a Tanita Body Composition Monitor.

Metabolic Age Rating:

This feature compares your BMR to the average age associated with that level of metabolism.

If your Basal Metabolic Age is higher than your actual age, it is an indication that you need to improve your metabolic rate. Increased exercise will build healthy muscle tissue, which will improve your metabolic age.

You will obtain a reading between 12 and 50. Under 12 will be displayed as “12” and over 50 will be displayed as “50.”

Bone Mass:

This feature indicates the weight of bone (bone mineral level, including calcium or other minerals) in the body.

Research has demonstrated that exercise and the development of muscle tissue are related to stronger, healthier bones.

While bone structure is unlikely to undergo noticeable changes in a short period, it is important that you develop and maintain healthy bones by having a balanced diet and plenty of exercise.

Visceral Fat:

Visceral fat is the fat in the abdominal cavity (stomach), surrounding the vital organs.

Research has shown that even if your weight and body fat remain constant, as you get older the distribution of fat changes and is more likely to increase in the trunk area.

Ensuring you have the right healthy level of visceral fat reduces the risk of certain conditions such as heart disease and high blood pressure, and may delay the onset of type 2 diabetes.

The Tanita Body Composition Monitor will provide you with a visceral fat rating from 1 to 59.

Rating from 1 to 12: Indicates you have a healthy level of visceral fat. Continue monitoring your rating to ensure that it stays within the healthy range.

Rating from 13 to 59: Indicates you have an excess level of visceral fat. Consider making changes in your lifestyle possibly through diet changes and/or increasing exercise.

Athlete Mode:

Tanita’s “athlete” is involved in intense physical activity of approx. 10 hrs per week and has a resting heart rate of approx. 60 beats-per-minute or less. People involved in a “Lifetime of Fitness” and are very fit, but not currently active 10 hrs per week, are also considered “athletes.” Not intended for professional athletes or bodybuilders.

Healthy Ranges Adult:

In-built indicator compares body fat percentage reading to the body fat ranges chart according to age/gender.

Healthy Ranges Children:

The first ever monitors to show if children aged 7 - 18 are within healthy ranges for body fat recommended by doctors.

Recall:

Compares current body fat percentage and weight readings to previous ones.

Guest Mode:

Allows programming to measure an individual without recording results or changing other programmed settings.

Weight Only:

Measures weight only without body fat % etc