Tanita body fat % reading varies intraday

On Sun, 14 Aug 2005 12:21:18 GMT, Paul_B <pb_public.RemoveThis@operamail.com>
wrote:

>Using a Tanita scale, my body fat percentage varies by several
>points from morning to afternoon-evening. I think it has
>something to do with how body temperature affects the electrical
>measurements (resistance, inductance?) the scale uses for the
>measurement.
>
>How does one determine the most accurate reading? Is it one or
>the other, or an average?
>
>Thanks,
>p.

I beleive you should weigh yourself the same time each day to get a
better idea of how your fat percentage is trending. And I believe this
is supposed to be in the evening, maybe an hour or so after your last
meal.

In the morning my fat percentage is always higher. In the evening it
is lower. In the morning I weigh less -- in the evening more ... so,
like you, I weight more than once a day. I don't see this as a
character flaw despite what some might say.

In the morning you will be more dehydrated than you are in the
evening. This is why the fat percentages differ.

It's been a while since I've read my Tanita manual, but I believe the
evening weighing is the suggested method my the manufacturer. (This is
not a RTFM snipe ... just a way of explaining my opinion regarding the
scale. Sometimes it helps to qualify your thoughts here in MFW.)
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Paul_B <pb_public DeleteThis @operamail.com> wrote in news:1sk3hulcmjmm6
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> Using a Tanita scale, my body fat percentage varies by several
> points from morning to afternoon-evening. I think it has
> something to do with how body temperature affects the electrical
> measurements (resistance, inductance?) the scale uses for the
> measurement.
>
> How does one determine the most accurate reading? Is it one or
> the other, or an average?

If you hunt through your trash among all the packing material you threw out
when you got that thing, you'll probably find some instructions. Read them,
howabout.

They'll tell you that changes in your body's hydration level will change the
reading and you have to choose a time when it will be consistent from day to
day.

Hugh


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