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Article: On Fitness: Making Sense of My Body Fat.
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- U.S. News & World Report
- Article date:
- November 13, 2007
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Byline: Sarah Baldauf
What does it mean that a fancy new device says my arm is 30.7 percent fat?
My right arm, apparently, is 30.7 percent fat. I know this because I recently tested the latest in souped-up bathroom scales, the Tanita Ironman InnerScan, model BC-558, which retails for about $300. I learned a few other stats about myself after stepping atop the foot pads and grasping the retractable "hand electrodes," which briefly sent a low-level electrical current through my body. My left arm, slightly leaner than its counterpart, packs 26.6 percent fat. I'm more symmetrical on my bottom half, carrying an even 33 percent fat in my right leg and 32.9 percent in my ...