Article: How Much Should I Worry?

Byline: Sarah Baldauf

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 footpads 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 just about 33 percent fat in both legs. My "visceral fat rating" of 3 puts me in the "healthy" range of 1 to 12; visceral fat wraps ...

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