Soehnle F5 manual Individual recommendation, Proportion of body fat

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Individual recommendation

The Body Balance uses your personal data and the recommendations of health experts to determine your ideal weight and body fat level.

In addition, it determines the percentage of total body water and muscle proportion. Please note that your muscles also contain body water and this is already covered by the body water analysis. Therefore the total analysis always shows a value above 100%.

										BMI
									1	< - 7,5
									2	- 7,5
									3	- 5,0
									4	- 2,5
									5	0,0
									6	+ 2,5
									7	+ 5,0
									8	+ 7,5
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	9 > + 7,5

Difference compared with your individual standard value

Body weight

Whilst the body weight is shown in the display in kg, one of the 9 segments is shown in the bar below it.

Here the position of the active segment indicates the assessment of the body weight mentioned on the basis of the BMI figure. The BMI (Body Mass Index) is a measure for the health risk resulting from overweight or underweight.

On the basis of categorisation of the BMI, doctors distinguish between "underweight”, "normal weight”, "overweight” and "obese”.

body weight (kg)

BMI =

height (m)2

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Example:

Actual body fat proportion calculated = 31.3 % of total weight.

This value is about 7 % above the calculated individual standard value.

Proportion of body fat

Whilst the proportion of body fat in % is shown in the display, one of the 9 segments appears in the bar below it.

Too much body fat is unhealthy and does not look nice. What is more important is that a high proportion of body fat is also usually associated with a raised proportion of fat in the blood and this increases greatly the risk of various illnesses such as for instance diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure etc. But a very low proportion of body fat is equally unhealthy.

Apart from the fatty tissue under the skin, the body also stores important fat deposits for the protection of the internal organs and to ensure important metabolic functions.

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