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Body Fat Analyser March 10, 2006

I just bought myself a cheapo body fat analyser on eBay. It cost a whopping AUD$10 – it’s probably not terribly accurate, but I was curious to see how they work and whether the information they give has practical use for weight loss.

All you do is set up the device with your age, sex, height and weight, then press your thumbs on the two sensor pads while it does some funky electrical signal analysis. In about 5 seconds, it tells you your body fat percentage.

Just now, it told me I’m at 34.5%. That’s a lot of fat – ugh!

According to the instruction booklet that came with it, normal body fat for a male is about 21-26%.

I’ll start entering my body fat percentage into my PhysicsDiet.com account, and we’ll see what comes out.

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