James G wrote:
Doug Freyburger wrote:

But the scale doesn't just measure fat or lean. *More's the pity.

Unless you really spoil yourself and get a scale that's capable of
Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis (BIA). *You can measure your percent
body fat to a reasonable degree of accuracy (I believe most are
accurate to within a tenth of a percent).

Years ago these were notoriously inaccurate. Has this changed
with the advance of technology? They used to use electrical
resistance in the feet to estimate body fat percentage. To the
extent that manages to run a current from leg to leg it still
misses the belly. I played soccer in high school and to this day
have muscular legs with good definition so my fat is belly and
upper body - How could a scale figure that out?