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Proper hydration is essential for life. Maintaining a healthy body water percentage can improve your overall health and keep you feeling energized and operating at peak performance. The Tanita UM080 Scale with Body Fat and Water Percentage Monitor calculates body water levels using bioelectric impedance analysis (BIA), which sends a safe, low-level electrical signal through the body for accurate monitoring.
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Carrying too much body fat can increase your risk of developing many serious health problems, including high blood pressure, high cholesterol, heart disease, diabetes, and cancer. Research shows that maintaining a healthy weight and body fat range can reduce your risk and help prevent the onset of these conditions. Unlike weight, body fat is not always visible and it can't be determined on an ordinary scale. Until recently, estimating body fat has been an expensive, time consuming process, primarily conducted through medical and athletic facilities. Body water plays a vital role in many of the body's processes and is found in every cell, tissue, and organ. Maintaining a healthy total body water percentage will ensure the body functions efficiently and will reduce the risk of developing associated health problems.
The Tanita UM080 relies on BIA and is based on a person's height, weight and the strength and speed at which a safe, low-level electrical signal passes through the muscle and fat in the body. Tanita's BIA method is an all-in-one process that is accurate, convenient and fast. An electrode built into a patented foot-pad sends a safe signal through the body, and your weight, body fat, and water percentage are calculated in less than 30 seconds.
Tanita was the first company to design and manufacture body fat monitoring scales for in-home use. The technology you get with the Tanita UM080 is based on the same advanced technology found in professional body composition analyzers used by doctors, medical centers, professional athletic teams, fitness clubs and personal trainers. The scale features an easy-to-read display and two-person memory, which means that you can share the scale without losing any of the scale functionality. Compact, portable and battery powered, the Tanita UM080 is a great gift to give you and your body.
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If you're like most people, you're not drinking enough water. If you wait until you feel thirsty, your body is already suffering from the effects of mild dehydration. You continually lose water during the day through sweat, urine and breathing. The amount varies due to physical activity level, climatic conditions, illness, medications, hormone changes and poor nutrition. Monitoring your body water % allows you to quickly compensate if your levels are low. Your body will function more efficiently, you'll feel healthier and you'll reduce your risk of developing serious health problems. Tanita offers a solution for this common problem. Tanita's body water monitor scales use Bioelectric Impedance Analysis (BIA), the same accurate technology used for body fat monitoring. BIA sends a safe, low-level electrical signal through the body. The signal passes freely through the fluids contained in muscle tissue and blood, but it encounters difficulty when passing through fat tissue, which contains little water. By using the impedance reading, gender, height and weight, the scale can quickly and reliably calculate body fat and total body water percentages. In addition to Body Fat % and weight, this affordable Scale plus Body Fat Monitor with Body Water % allows users to monitor their Body Water %. The scale has a classic look in its white platform which matches with any decor in the bathroom. The scale has the weight capacity of 330 lb (increments of 0.2 lb) with 0.1% Body Fat and water increment. The scale has an easy to read LCD display and a 2 person memory. The weight only feature allows users to use the scale as a regular bath scale. The Guest Mode allows a guest to check body fat without storing personal data in memory.
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