Tips For Using The Scale; Evaluation Of Results - Beurer BF 220 Mode D'emploi

The following data are displayed:
– Body weight in kg
– Body fat percentage BF in %
– Water percentage
– Muscle percentage
– Now all measured values are displayed consecutively and the scale switches off.

2.5 Tips for using the scale

Important when measuring body fat/body water/muscle percentage:
– The measurement may only be carried out while barefoot and it is helpful if the soles of your feet are slightly
damp. Completely dry soles can result in unsatisfactory 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.
– Stand still during the measurement.
– Wait several hours (6-8) after unusually strenuous activity.
– Wait approx. 15 minutes after getting out of bed so that the water in your body can be distributed.
The measurement is not reliable for:
– Children under approx. 10 years of age.
– Persons with fever, undergoing dialysis, with symptoms of edema or osteoporosis.
– Persons taking cardiovascular medication. Persons taking vascodialating or vascoconstricting medications.
– Persons with substantial anatomical deviations in the legs relative to their total height (leg length considerably
shorter or longer than usual).

3. Evaluation of results

Body fat percentage
The following body fat percentages are for guidance (contact your physician for further information).
Man
Age very good good
10–14 <11% 11–16%
15-19 <12% 12-17%
20-29 <13% 13-18%
30-39 <14% 14-19%
40-49 <15% 15-20%
50-59 <16% 16-21%
60-69 <17% 17-22%
70-100 <18% 18-23%
A lower value is often found in athletes. Depending on the type of sports, training intensity and physical constitu-
tion, 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 good
10-100 <50 50-65%
Body fat contains relatively little water. Therefore persons with a high body fat percentage have body water per-
centages below the recommended values. With endurance athletes, however, the recommended 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 concer-
ning age-related water retention. If necessary ask your physician.
Basically, a high body water percentage should be the aim.
in %
in %
average poor
16,1–23% >21,1%
17,1-22% >22,1%
18,1-23% >23,1%
19,1-24% >24,1%
20,1-25% >25,1%
21,1-26% >26,1%
22,1-27% >27,1%
23,1-28% >28,1%
very good
>65
Woman
Age very good good
10-14 <16% 16-21%
15-19 <17% 17-22%
20-29 <18% 18-23%
30-39 <19% 19-24%
40-49 <20% 20-25%
50-59 <21% 21-26%
60-69 <22% 22-27%
70-100 <23% 23-28%
Woman
Age poor good
10-100 <45 45-60%
9
average poor
21,1-26% >26,1%
22,1-27% >27,1%
23,1-28% >28,1%
24,1-29% >29,1%
25,1-30% >30,1%
26,1-31% >31,1%
27,1-32% >32,1%
28,1-33% >33,1%
very good
>60