Now Tanita has designed a scale to help you track and achieve your weight loss goals. With their Daily Calorie Intake Feature you are able to estimate the amount of calories you can consume in one day to maintain your current weight. The 558 is also equipped with the handy Weight Recall Feature, automatically storing your previous reading for comparison. Overweight means an excess of total body weight based on population averages for heights and body frame sizes. Athletes and very muscular people may be overweight, but that does not mean they are over fat. Obesity means an excess of body fat regardless of weight. Weight alone is not a clear indicator of good health because it does not distinguish between pounds that come from body fat and those that come from lean body mass or muscle. Carrying too much fat is a condition called obesity, and puts a person at risk for many serious medical conditions including heart disease, diabetes and even certain forms of cancer. Tanita's patented "foot pad" electrode design uses Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis (BIA) to determine body fat.
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