The active metabolic rate is primarily affected by the personal
extent of activity. The scale uses five levels of activity as calcula-
tion parameters.
Please obtain details on the degrees of activity from the
chapter “Setting the level of activity”.
Measurements in relation to one another
Adding up the measurements for water, fat and
muscle percentage does not make sense because
a portion of the body water is stored in muscle.
In general, only long-term changes to measurements are really
conclusive. The individual results must also be considered in
relation to one another. This leads to three fundamental aspects:
• Change to the total weight,
• Change to body fat, body water and muscle percentage,
• Period during which these changes occur.
The periods are divided into:
Short-term Changes within days
Medium-term Changes within weeks
Long-term Changes within months
Short-term fluctuations in weight are primarily attributed to
changes in the water percentage as the percentage of fat and
muscle only change over the medium or long-term.
Short-term weight loss with a simultaneous increase in the
percentage of body fat are also an indication for the sole loss of
water. This could be due to diets or workouts that target rapid
weight loss without sufficient compensation of water loss.
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