Limitations; Evaluation Of Results; Body Weight / Body Fat Percentage; Trend Display - Beurer BF 54 Manual De Instrucciones

Important when measuring body fat/body water/muscle percentage/bone mass:
– The measurement may only be carried out while barefoot. Dry soles or callused skin can result in unsatisfac-
tory results, as they have insufficient conductivity.
– Your feet, legs, calves and thighs must not touch each other, as otherwise the measurement cannot be per-
formed correctly.

7. Limitations

When measuring body fat and other values, deviating and implausible results may occur in:
– growing children under 10,
– competitive athletes and body builders,
– post menopausal women,
– people with fever, undergoing dialysis treatment or with symptoms of edema or osteoporosis,
– people taking cardiovascular medication (affecting the heart and vascular system),
– people taking vascular dilating or vascular constricting medication,
– people with considerable anatomic deviations of the legs in relation to total height (length of the legs consid-
erably shortened or lengthened),
– people with prosthetic or one leg,
– people who suffer from swelling,
– elderly people,
– people who drink coffee or alcohol.

8. Evaluation of results

WARNING:
• This product does not and is not intended to provide a medical diagnosis. For medical advice please con-
tact a licensed physician. If you have an emergency please call 911 immediately.
• Consult your physician or healthcare provider before beginning a weight reduction or exercise program.
• The measurements provided are not substitutes for physician assessments. For medical advice please
contact a licensed physician.
• Please be aware that values obtained from this body analysis scale represent only an approximation of
actual analytical medical data. Only a specialist physician can accurately determine body fat, body water
and muscle percentage using special medical procedures (e.g. computed tomography).
• Make sure that you enter the desired unit of mass regarding the weight results.
• Always consult your physician to determine what will be suitable for you.

8.1 Body weight / Body fat percentage

The body mass index (BMI) is a number that is often called upon to evaluate body weight. The number is cal-
culated from body weight and height, the formula is – body mass index = body weight : height². The measure-
ment unit for BMI is [kg/m²]. According to the BMI, weight is classified for adults (20 years and over) using the
following values (source: WHO):
Underweight Normal weight
16 - 18,4 18,5 - 24,9
Note that with very muscular physiques (body builders), the BMI interpretation will show overweight.
The reason for this is that no account is taken of well above average muscle mass in the BMI formula.

8.2 Trend display

This scale hase a trend display, in which the value currently measured is compared with the averages of the
last 5 measurements.
– Trend display up : present value is higher than the average of the last 5 measurements.
– Trend display down : present value is lower than the average of the last 5 measurements.
– Trend display up and down
Please note that a body weight trend can only be established once a minimum of five measurements have been
taken.
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Overweight
25 - 40
: present value is the same as the average of the last 5 measurements.
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