But even if mutual funds are here to stay, they are increasingly under pressure to scale down their fat fees.

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The scale relays your weight, fat mass, and BMI to your smartphone or computer, letting you chart a curve as your own curves expand or shrink.

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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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As Sugen headed toward costly large-scale human testing of SU5416 in 1999, it needed a collaborator with a fat wallet.

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What you need is the scale that not only weighs you, it uses bio-electrical impedance to measure your body fat.

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