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BMI: Body Mass
Index is height to weight ratio.
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BMR:
Basal Metabolic Rate
represents the total energy expended by the body to
maintain normal functions at rest such as respiration
and circulation.
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Impedance:
Impedance reflects the
body's inherent resistance to an electrical current.
Muscle acts as a conductor of the electrical current,
adipose tissue acts as a resistor.
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Body
Fat Percentage: The percentage of total body weight that is fat.
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Fat
Mass: Total
weight of fat mass in the body.
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FFM:
Fat Free Mass is comprised
of muscle, bone, tissue, water, and all other fat free
mass in the body.
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TBW: Total Body Water is
the amount of water retained in the body. TBW is said
to
comprise between 50%-70% of total body weight. Generally,
men tend to have higher water weight than woman due
to a greater amount of muscle.
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Desirable
Range: Healthy range for Fat
% and Fat Mass. This range is printed only when standard
mode is selected.
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