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Body Composition Analysis services offered in Lighthouse Point, FL
Body composition analysis provides insight into how your body uses and stores fat. Healthy Weight Loss 4 U in Lighthouse Point, Florida, uses TANITA technology for weight loss and health improvement. Tracking measurements over time, they monitor patient progress, adjust their goals, and offer informed recommendations. Call Healthy Weight Loss 4 U or schedule a consultation online today to learn if body composition analysis could benefit you.
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What is body composition analysis?
Body composition analysis evaluates weight, fat levels, and other key health indicators. Healthy Weight Loss 4 U uses advanced TANITA technology to produce accurate results.
Understanding how much of your body is fat allows you to create more effective goals. The team monitors your progress throughout a weight management program.
Body composition analysis is a simple, painless procedure. You simply stand on the TANITA monitor as you would your bathroom scale.
How does body composition analysis work?
The TANITA monitor uses a technology called Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis (BIA). When you stand on it, the monitor transmits a low electrical signal through your body. The signal passes easily through water in your muscles but can’t penetrate fat so readily.
The Healthy Weight Loss 4 U team measures this resistance (impedance) and enters the data into TANITA’s equations.
What do my body composition analysis results show?
Body composition analysis results offer many insights, including:
Body mass index (BMI)
BMI compares height and weight to produce a score that indicates your risk of developing weight-related diseases. A BMI of 18.5-24.9 is healthy. A BMI of 25.0-29.9 is overweight, while a BMI of 30 or higher is obese.
Body fat percentage
Body fat has many vital properties, but an excess is harmful. Body composition analysis produces an accurate body fat percentage that the team compares to the healthy range.
Target body fat percentage
Body fat percentage goals should be 25% for women and 20% for men. The TANITA scale calculates how much fat mass you’ll need to lose.
Fat mass
Body composition analysis assesses fat mass as you progress through your weight loss program to ensure effective fat reduction.
Basal metabolic rate (BMR)
BMR measures the calories you burn at rest. It lets the team determine how many calories you need for essential bodily functions.
Impedance
A lower impedance score indicates higher muscle mass and less body fat.
Fat-free mass (FFM)
FFM is everything apart from fat, like muscle, bone, water, and connective tissues. Muscles are natural fat burners, so retaining or increasing muscle mass produces the best weight loss results.
Total body water (TBW)
TANITA body composition analysis estimates how much water your body contains.
The Healthy Weight Loss 4 U team uses these measurements to ensure that you reach your health and fitness goals.
Call Healthy Weight Loss 4 U or book an appointment online today to benefit from sustainable weight loss supported by body composition analysis.