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Body water percentage

The body water percentage is normally within the following ranges:

Man

Age poor good very

good

10-100

<50 50-65 >65

Woman

Age poor good very

good

10-100

<45 45-60 >60

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, how-

ever, the recommended values could be exceeded due to low fat percentages and high muscle

percentage.

This scale is unsuitable for measuring body water in order to draw medical conclusions con-

cerning age-related water retention, for example. If necessary ask your physician. Basically, a

high body water percentage should be the aim.

Important:

If your body water proportion is rated as "poor", an symbol appears next to the in-

terpretation bar. Tip: Increase your daily water intake.

Muscle percentage

The muscle percentage is normally within the following ranges:

Man

Age low normal high

10-14 <44 44-57 >57

15-19 <43 43-56 >56

20-29 <42 42-54 >54

30-39 <41 41-52 >52

40-49 <40 40-50 >50

50-59 <39 39-48 >48

60-69 <38 38-47 >47

70-100 <37 37-46 >46

Woman

Age low normal high

10-14 <36 36-43 >43

15-19 <35 35-41 >41

20-29 <34 34-39 >39

30-39 <33 33-38 >38

40-49 <31 31-36 >36

50-59 <29 29-34 >34

60-69 <28 28-33 >33

70-100 <27 27-32 >32

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 de-

generation somewhat with healthy nutrition (particularly calcium and vitamin D) and regular exer-

cise. With appropriate 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. com-

puter tomography, ultrasound). It is therefore not possible to draw conclusions concern-

ing changes to the bones and bone hardness (e.g. osteoporosis) using this scale.

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