What is Body Mass Index?   <br />According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of Disease Control (CDC)￡? one of America's leading government agencies protecting the health of our citizens￡? Body Mass Index (BMI) is a number calculated from a person?ˉs weight and height. BMI provides a reliable indicator of body fatness for most people and is used to screen for weight categories that may lead to health problems.<br /><br />There is no doubt that obesity is one of the major health problems in our country. Some people have loves for high calorie fast food and a lack of regular exercise means as much as 80 percent of adults are overweight compared to world standard.<br /><br /> Entering into a weight reduction program?   <br />An important factor in a weight reduction program is the ability to control and maintain a healthy ratio between your fat and muscle tissue.<br /><br />Incorrect weight reduction program through prolonged fasting prompt our body to conserve fat but lose vital muscle tissues. Surgeries such as liposuction are expensive￡? can be very painful and unnatural. The most rewarding result is accomplished through regular cardiovascular exercise such as cycling￡? jogging￡? tennis in addition to controlled calorie intake. This method strengthens your muscular tissues￡? improves your aerobic performance￡? eliminates those ugly looking fat belts￡? and maintains the right look.<br /><br />This is where our BMI body fat analyzer comes handy. By holding the analyzer￡? the device sends a small electrical current through your body. The built in micro processor can accurately measure the ratio between your adipose tissue and muscle tissue in 6 seconds. The fat data resulted are displayed in the LCD monitor against your BMI index. Recommended daily calorie intake and a body type figure is also displayed real time.<br /><br /> Features:   <br />Personal entry with age￡? sex￡? weight￡? height<br />Age: 10 - 99<br />Weight: 10 kg - 199.8kg<br />Height: 100cm - 199.5cm<br />Hand held twin pole design<br />3.0 inch LCD screen<br />Large contact area<br />Accurate measure in 6 seconds<br />Digital alphanumeric display<br />Display BMI index base on height and weight<br />Display body fat percentage<br />Display 5 body type figure<br />(note: body type figure displayed in emaciated￡? standard￡? high corpulent￡? muscular corpulent￡? corpulent are for reference only)<br />9 groups of memory settings<br />Recommended daily KCAL intake<br />Powered by 2 x 1.5V AAA battery (NOT included)<br /><br />    Specifications<br />Specification<br />  Model  : BZ 2009                                                  <br />                        Product weight   : 0.286 kg                                                  <br />                        Package weight   : 0.468 kg                                                  <br />                        Product size (L x W x H)  : 23.5 x 16 x 3.2 cm / 9.2 x 6.3 x 1.3 inches                                                  <br />                        Package size (L x W x H)  : 24.5 x 17.5 x 4.9 cm                                                  <br />                        Package Contents: 1 x Fat Analyzer￡? 1 x Use Manual                                                 <br /><br /><br /><br />                                                                                                        <br />