What Is Muscle Mass; What Is Physique Rating - Tanita BC-1500 plus Manual De Instrucciones

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What Is Muscle Mass?

This feature indicates the weight of muscle in your body. The muscle mass displayed includes the skeletal muscles, smooth muscles
(such as cardiac and digestive muscles) and the water contained in these muscles.
Muscles play an important role as they act as an engine in consuming energy. As your muscle mass increases, your energy
consumption increases helping you reduce excess body fat levels and lose weight in a healthy way.

What Is Physique Rating?

This feature assesses your physique according to the ratio of body fat and muscle mass in your body.
As you become more active and reduce the amount of body fat, your physique rating also changes accordingly. Even if your weight
does not change, your muscle mass and body fat levels may be changing to make you healthier and reduce your risk of certain
diseases.
Each person should set their own goal of which physique they want to achieve, and follow a diet and fitness program to meet that goal.
Result Physique Rating
Small Frame Obese
1 Hidden Obese
This person seems to have a healthy body type based on physical appearance; however, they have a high body fat % with low muscle mass level.
Medium Frame Obese
2 Obese
This person has a high body fat percentage, with a moderate muscle mass level.
Large Frame Obese
3 Solidly-built
This person has both a high body fat % and a high muscle mass.
Low Muscle & Average Body Fat %
4 Under exercised
This person has an average body fat % and a less than average muscle mass level.
Ave. Muscle & Ave. Body Fat %
5 Standard
This person has average levels of both body fat and muscle mass.
High Muscle & Ave. Body Fat % (Athlete)
6 Standard Muscular
This person has an average body fat % and higher than normal muscle mass level.
Low Muscle & Low Fat
7 Thin
This person has both a lower than normal body fat % and muscle mass level.
Thin and muscular (Athlete)
8 Thin and muscular
This person has lower than normal body fat % while having adequate muscle mass.
Very Muscular (Athlete)
9 Very Muscular
This person has lower than normal body fat % while having above average muscle mass.
Source: Data from Columbia University (New York) & Tanita Institute (Tokyo)
Index of amount of muscle against height = Muscle mass (kg) / height (cm)
11
(Applicable age 18-99)
(Applicable age 18-99)
Explanation
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