Omron HBF-701 Instruction Manual page 42

Q&A of Body Composition Monitor
What is correct weight reduction?
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If you lose weight by going on a diet instead of taking exercise and neglect nutrition balance,
even if your weight is reduced, resting metabolism will decrease as muscle (skeletal muscle)
decreases and you are more likely to become fatter.
For example, in case of weight reduction by 10 kg, Internal change of
body is different.
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Extreme weight losing method similar to fast
Within lost 10 kg of body weight...
Reduced fat: 3kg
Reduced non-fat: 7kg
(muscle or bone)
In order to avoid reversing,
You should build up non-fat physique by increasing skeletal
muscle and improving resting metabolism.
Extreme weight losing is most likely to reverse your body weight. When body
weight is reversed, visceral fat is more likely to accumulate in human body than
subcutaneous fat. Visceral fat is the major cause of life habit related disease. It is
body weight reversion that leads to visceral fat obesity.
Those who are concerned about their health...
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Pay attention to visceral fat level (
If you want to be a person not tending to be fat...
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You should lay emphasis on resting metabolism（
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Variation of body fat...
36.0%
Before weight losing
36.9%
After weight losing
Non-fat (muscle or bone) is reduced
much. Although body weight is
reduced, body fat remains unchanged.
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Application Guide
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Healthy method for losing weight
Within losing 10 kg of body weight
Variation of body fat...
Before weight losing
Reduced fat: 9kg
After weight losing
Reduced non-fat: 1kg
Body fat is reduced into
(muscle or bone)
standard range.
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7
months
36.0%
28.3%