Tanita - was: Stomach staple

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>Rather, it claims to. I've heard from several sources that, while if

>used correctly it's pretty good at measuring changes in body

>composition, it tends to get the percentage wrong. That is, if you lose

>fat the number will go down, and if you gain fat it will go up, but

>there's no guarantee that the number will be an accurate measure of your

>body fat percentage.

I agree with that totally. I think it basically figures out the body fat in the

" lower

circuit " (from one foot, up through the abdomen, to the next foot) and

extrapolates

the top half. So if you gain arm strength but not legs, it doesn't really count,

and the numbers depend a lot on how your body fat is distributed (it will come

out a lot higher if you have big hips!). But, they are still useful, I've found.

-- Heidi