The Omron BF511 body composition monitor provides a comprehensive body measurement with clinical accuracy, classified and validated as a medical device, also for children.
It offers a complete set of readings including: body fat and visceral fat, skeletal muscle level, BMI, and resting metabolism.
It uses the Bioelectrical Impedance (BI) method which displays fat as a percentage of body weight.
Muscles, veins, bones, and tissues are able to conduct electricity easily and quickly due to their high water content. This is not the case for the fat portion of the body, which has poor conductivity.
The scale measures fat by sending weak electrical signals (around 50 kHz) emitted by 8 sensors on the hands and feet, which are almost imperceptible, through the body to determine the amount of fat mass. The plus is that the scale measures the whole body.
For this reason, it can prevent variations in weight or results due to changes in the amount of water present in the body.
This occurs thanks to the electrodes located both under the soles of the feet and on the detachable display which becomes a handle. If there are variations, for example due to training, the scale accurately highlights it.
To determine body composition, the scale uses electrical impedance, allowing it to return interesting data after entering some information such as gender and age.
Among other measurements, visceral fat is also displayed, which is the fat that surrounds our internal organs. Then, the Calories of Resting Metabolism can also be visualized. Each family member (up to a maximum of 4) can save their measurements.
This allows for quick access to data and faster measurements.
