The Omron Full Body Fat Scale HBF-516B gives you a comprehensive view of your body composition with the goal of helping your to reach or maintain your fitness goals. Unlike body scales that have contact with only your feet, the Body Fat Scale has full body measurements with the hand to foot contacts using the body scale handle bar and the body scale foot pad.
The Body Fat Scale works with the Bioelectrical Impedance Method. The body scale measures the water content in your body with an extremely weak electrical current of 50kHz and less than 500 uA. The water in your body conducts electricity, but body fat does not store much water so fat has little electric conductivity.
The only difference between the HBF516BHBF516B model and the HBF514C model is the HBF516B has a 180 day memory and the HBF514C has a 90 day memory.
The Omron Full Body Fat Scale measures 7 fitness indicators.
• Body Mass Index (BMI)
• Body Fat Percent
• Skeletal Muscle
• Resting Metabolism
• Visceral Fat
• Body Age
• Weight
BMI is the relationship between your height and weight. This Body Fat Scale uses a formula taking your height and weight to determine if you are over weight or not. The Omron Body Fat Scale tells you your BMI to help you meet your weight goal.
Body Fat Percent is calculated by the Omron Body Fat Scale. Your body fat is the stored body fat usually the fat under your skin and attached to your organs. With this information from the your Body Fat Scale you can see your body fat decrease with diet and exercise.
The Omron Body Fat Scale HBF-516B calculates Skeletal Muscle which is the large muscles that are attached to your bones. Skeletal Muscle is about 50 percent of a non overweight person weight. It has a formula that will calculate your Skeletal Muscle.
Your Resting Metabolism is the amount of calories you need to remain the weight you are. The Omron Fat Body Scale tells you your resting metabolism so you know to consume less calories then what the Scale says your resting metabolism is.
The Omron Body Fat Scale also tells you your Visceral Fat. Visceral Fat is your abdominal fat and also the fat that is stored internally clinging to your organs.
Your body age can differ from your chronological age. with the Omron Body Fat Scale you will know your body age.
The Body Fat Scale is a great weight loss motivator. Just input information, hold the had grip and stand on the Scale. Let the Omron Body Fat Scale calculate the information for you.
• The Scale works better then scales you stand on because the Omron Body Fat Scale has contact points with your hands as well as your feet.
The hand-to-foot technology of the Omron Body Fat Scale is more accurate than foot-to-foot monitors.
• The 4 Person Profile makes this Scale perfect for families
• The Omron Body Fat Scale has a memory function that stores the results of each persons profile for 90 days.
• The Omron Body Fat Scale also displays the high and low numbers for each type of measurement taken by the body scale
• Easy on/off switch at base
• Large LCD display is easy to read on the face of the scale
• The display handle bar unit of the Body Fat Scale has a coiled Cord so the body fat scale display handle bar can be stored on the base with the cord tucked into the body fat scale base
Omron Full Body Fat Scale model #HBF-516B comes with:
• Body Scale/Monitor
• Instruction Manual
• 4 "AA" Batteries
• Measurement Log Sheet
You may feel the electrical current used by to Omron Body Scale to calculate your measurements. This current is extremely weak, 50 kHz and less than 500 uA.
14.9 x 12.8 x 3.2 inches