It also recently launched its Wi-Fi Smart Scale, which transmits your weight, body fat and body mass index to the cloud.

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My lean body mass index showed more fat than my weight suggested.

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The participants in each group lost a comparable amount of weight on average almost 10 pounds and saw similar decreases in body mass index and body fat.

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The nutritional condition of all the children in the study was also assessed, in the form of their body-mass indices (BMI), a measure of how much fat their bodies contained.

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It found every 10% rise in body mass index (BMI) - used as an indicator of body fat - led to a 4% drop of available vitamin D in the body.

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Conversely, BMI may underestimate body fat in a very small-framed person, someone who has very little muscle mass, or a person who carries his or her excess weight mainly around the midsection and has very thin arms and legs (the so called apple shaped body type).

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Body Mass Index (BMI) is mostly a very dependable way of estimating body fat, especially for people between the ages of 19 and 50.

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The circumference of your waist and most importantly, your body mass index are dead giveaways when it comes to knowing the amount of body fat you have, and the health risks you might run into because of it.

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