Sanitas SBF 15 Mode D'emploi page 13

A lower value is often found in athletes. Depending on the type of sports, training intensity and
physical constitution, values may result which are below the recommended values stated.
It should, however, be noted that there could be a danger to health in the case of extremely low
values.
Body water:
The body water percentage is normally within the following ranges:
Man
Age poor
10-100 <50
Body fat contains relatively little water. Therefore persons with a high body fat percentage have body
water percentages below the recommended values. With endurance athletes, however, the recom-
mended values could be exceeded due to low fat percentages and high muscle percentage.
Body water measurement with this scale is not suitable for drawing medical conclusions, for example
concerning age-related water retention. If necessary ask your physician.
Basically, a high body water percentage should be the aim.
Muscle percentage:
The muscle percentage is normally within the following ranges:
Man
Age low
10-14 <44
15-19 <43
20-29 <42
30-39 <41
40-49 <40
50-59 <39
60-69 <38
70-100 <37
Bone mass:
Like the rest of our body, our bones are subject to the natural development, degeneration and ageing
processes. Bone mass increases rapidly in childhood and reaches its maximum between 30 and 40
years of age. Bone mass reduces slightly with increasing age. You can reduce this degeneration some-
what with healthy nutrition (particularly calcium and vitamin D) and regular exercise. With appropri-
ate muscle building, you can also strengthen your bone structure.
Note that this scale will not show you the calcium content of your bones, but will measure the
weight of all bone constituents (organic substances, inorganic substances and water).
Attention: Please do not confuse bone mass with bone density. Bone density can be determined
only by means of a medical examination (e.g. computer tomography, ultrasound). It is therefore not
possible to draw conclusions concerning changes to the bones and bone hardness (e.g. osteoporosis)
using this scale.
good very good
50-65% >65
normal high
44-57% >57%
43-56% >56%
42-54% >54%
41-52% >52%
40-50% >50%
39-48% >48%
38-47% >47%
37-46% >46%
Woman
Age poor
10-100 <45
Woman
Age low
10-14 <36
15-19 <35
20-29 <34
30-39 <33
40-49 <31
50-59 <29
60-69 <28
70-100 <27
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good very good
45-60% >60
normal high
36-43% >43%
35-41% >41%
34-39% >39%
33-38% >38%
31-36% >36%
29-34% >34%
28-33% >33%
27-32% >32%