Active Metabolic Rate; Results In Relation To Time - Beurer BG 42 Instruction Manual

Attention: Please do not confuse bone mass with bone density. Bone density can be determined only by means
of a medical examination (e.g. computer tomography, ultrasound). It is therefore not possible to draw conclusions
concerning changes to the bones and bone hardness (e.g. osteoporosis) using this scale. Little influence
can be exerted on bone mass, but it will vary slightly within the influencing factors (weight, height, age, gender).
AMR
The active metabolic rate (AMR) is the amount of energy required daily by the body in its active state. The energy
consumption of a human being rises with increasing physical activity and is measured on the dia- gnostic scale
in relation to the degree of activity entered (1–5). To maintain your existing weight, the amount of energy used
must be reintroduced into the body in the form of food and drink. If less energy is introduced than is used over
a longer period of time, your body will ob- tain the difference largely from the amount of fat stored and your
weight will reduce. If, on the other hand, over a longer period of time more energy is introduced than the total
active metabolic rate (AMR) calcula- ted, your body will be unable to burn off the excess energy, and the excess
will be stored in the body as fat and your weight will increase.

9. Results in relation to time

Note:
Remember that only long-term trends are important. Short-term fluctuations in weight over a few days are usually
the result of fluid change, due to fluid intake or loss.
The interpretation of the results will depend on changes in your overall weight and body fat, body water and
muscle percentages, as well as on the period during which these changes take place. Sudden changes within
days must be distinguished from medium term changes (over weeks) and long term changes (months).
A basic rule is that short term changes in weight almost exclusively represent changes in water content, whereas
medium and long term changes may also involve the fat and muscle percentages.
• If your weight reduces over the short term, but your body fat percentage increases or remains the same, you
have merely lost water – e.g. after a training session, sauna session or a diet restricted only to rapid weight loss.
• If your weight increases over the medium term and the body fat percentage falls or stays the same, then you
could have built up valuable muscle mass.
• If your weight and body fat percentage fall simultaneously, then your diet is working – you are losing fat mass.
• Ideally you should support your diet with physical activity, fitness or power training. This way you can increase
your muscle percentage over the medium term.
• Body fat, body water or muscle percentages should not be added (certain elements of muscle tissue also
contain body water).
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