Taylor glass body fat scale 5599 f manual

Our scales provide insight into such indicators as weight loss, caloric intake, diet and exercise, adipose tissue, and total body water intracellular and extracellular water in both pounds and kilograms - making them useful for fitness gyms and clubs as well.

While competitors bypass this stringent process, all Tanita scales and monitors undergo the quality tests and measures required by the FDA to ensure health care professionals and consumers get the highest quality products on the market. By using Tanita's BIA Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis technology, our body composition monitors can measure your: weight, body fat percentage, body water percentage, muscle mass, physique rating, basal metabolic rate BMR , daily caloric intake DCI , metabolic age, bone mass, and visceral fat.

With current advances in technology, Tanita's newest products provide segmental body composition readings to aid in injury rehabilitation for competitive athletes that participate in such sports as such as triathlons, marathons, boxing, gymnastics, swimming, Ultimate Fighting, and Mixed Martial Arts MMA. In addition, Tanita offers the highest level of precision available to consumers with 0.

Rounding out the Tanita consumer line is a collection of accurate kitchen scales to control food portion size, pedometers, heart rate monitors, and electronic jump ropes. Tanita's new kids scales give parents the ability to track not only weight but also body fat percentage.

Tanita's new line of child body fat scales are desgined to give parent, educators, and care givers a true picture of children's health and fitness levels.

These scales are designed for children ages five to seventeen years old, taking each gender's physical developmental milestones into account for accurate masurements. As the world-leader in providing accuracy and reliability for consumers, Tanita scales are more affordable for consumers than DEXA dual energy X-ray absorptiometry or hydrostatic weighting, and more convenient and private than skin fold calipers tests.

The higher the percentage, the worse a person's health. Taylor manufactures bathroom scales that not only measure weight, but also body fat percentage. The accuracy of the body fat percentage measurement is dependent on the accuracy of the information you enter into the scale. Press the up and down arrow buttons to change the height reading so it matches your height and press the "Set" button to save the setting.

Change the age on the screen by pressing the up and down arrow buttons and save the setting by pressing the "Set" button. Use the up and down arrow buttons to switch between the male and female setting and press the "Set" button when the correct gender is selected. The male icon is a solid vertical line and the female icon is the same line with a triangle over it. NOTE: This instrument is a personal monitor and should be used in a consistent manner for the most accurate reading.

While readings might vary between this analyzer and other methods of measurement hydro- densitometry or hand held calipers , your changes in body fat percent- age shown by this instrument will be reflected accurately. While this analyzer will work accurately as a scale for anyone and give accurate body fat readings for a majority of people, it is not calibrated for use by pregnant women or children under the age of Water is an essential component of the body and its level is one of the health-indicators.

Water is a medium for biochemical reactions that regulate body functions. Waste products are carried in water from cells for excretion in urine and sweat, Water provides form to cells; helps to maintain body temperature; provides moisture to skin and mucosa; cushions vital organs; lubricates joints and is a component of many body fluids. It has been found that body fat estimation using BIA could overestimate the percentage body fat of adult elite athletes. The physiological variation of athietes in bone density and level of hydration are two of the reasons said to account for the difference.

The Athlete mode is selectable only for adults of 18 years of age or older. What is the definition of an Athlete? In Taylor's products, an athlete is considered a person who does 10 hours or more per week of aerobic activity and has a resting heart rate of 60 beats per minute.

These indi- viduals should select Athlete Mode for the most accurate results. Taylor scales are not calibrated for professional athletes or body builders. Weight change may occur from a combination of losing or gaining fat or muscle. The disadvantage of a standard weight-only scale is that it cannot distinguish between changes in fat or changes in muscie.

Most fitness goals involve reducing fat and increasing muscle mass. Besides the benefits to the body of a lower body fat percentage, a greater muscle mass will result in a stronger, more efficient body.

Each pound of muscle bulk requires approximately 50 additional calories per day; thus, a body with a higher muscle mass will burn more energy calo- ries than one with a lower muscle mass, even in a resting stat.

Uncontrolled weight loss, especially during fasting, may result in signifi- cant loss of muscle mass, which may also contribute to the familiar yo-yo effect.

The yo-yo effect is a rapid weight gain following a weight loss, and often this weight gain is fat rather than healthy muscle. Building up muscle in the body has been shown to support stronger, healthier bones. With the exception of body fat, all parts of the body bones, organs, tissues, fluids represent the fat-free body mass. The higher the percentage of fat-free body mass, the more muscle bulk and bone density the body has.

Battery Information and First Time Setup 1. This scale operates on 2. CR lithium batteries as installed. There is plastic strip under the Lithium battery cover to prevent battery drain in shipping. Please remove the strip before continuing with these instructions. Also, some models have a static cling label on the lens to prevent scratching. Please femove before use. The scale needs to be initialized before first use or after battery replacement. Press lightly on the scale platform.

Your scale is now ready for use. Battery Replacement Your scale is equipped with a low batiery indicator. To replace the batteries: 1.

Use 2 3-volt CR lithium batteries only as installed. Open the battery compartment on the bottom of the scale by pushing the tab and lifting up the cover. Replace the battery cover. Remove the batteries if the scale will not be used for a long time. Place the scale on a flat, hard surface.

Carpeted or uneven floors may affect accuracy. Step onto the scale platform and remain still. The display will count up to your weight.

The display will flash twice when the weight is locked. Your weight is now displayed. The scale will automatically turn off. The analyzer uses these factors to calculate your body composition results. The analyzer will then use this data to compute your body fatlbody water percentages, as well as muscle and bone mineral mass calculations. You will store your data into memory before first use, thus eliminating the need to enter your personal information before each reading.

To enter your data into memory: 4. While the scale is off, press SET button. The scale will turn on and memory number will display. Press the A. Press SET to confirm the displayed memory number. The male or female icons will flash on the screen.

The height digits blink. The age digits blink. Press the SET button to confirm the displayed age and all program settings. Once the correct height, gender and age values have been entered, allow a few seconds for the display to show "0. Your personal data is now stored in memory. NOTE: You have approximately 10 seconds to complete each pro- gramming step.

If no buttons are pressed within 10 seconds, the scale will switch to "0.