Smart scales track changes in your muscle mass, body fat percentage and other health metrics — but how do they work?

Smart scales can provide a lot of data before just a regular scale, and in a way that the average user can easily read it, ...

Human body composition measurements such as fat and fat-free mass play a critical role in qualifying health and nutritional status, the impact of disease, and change due to nutritional, therapeutic, ...

That said, smart scales should not be treated as diagnostic devices. For the most accurate body composition measurements, the gold standard would be a DEXA scan (dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry ...

Skinfold calipers are instruments used to measure the thickness of your skin, which can help determine body fat percentage. Using skinfold calipers to assess body composition is often a popular ...

New research presented at the Congress on Obesity reveals significant differences in body composition among people with similar BMIs, showing higher fat in central regions and reduced muscle mass in ...

Modern bathroom scales have not only moved from the mechanical to the electronic, they also gather body composition measurements and pack significant computing power. Yet they’re a piece of ...

Logistics Specialist 2nd Class Samuel Hill weighs Intelligence Specialist 3rd Class Nathan Perrin during body composition assessments aboard the carrier Abraham Lincoln. (MCS Joey Sitter/Navy ...

Background Extremely low weight and rapid changes in weight and body composition have become major concerns ... by three observers using a novel ultrasound method for thickness measurement of ...

not only measure your body weight and Body Mass Index (BMI), but also provide a breakdown of your body composition and how it changes over time. They look and function in a very similar way to ...