Features:

• Calculates weight, body fat percentage, body water and placement in healthy range
• Stores readings for up to two users, plus guest and weight-only options
• 2-1/4-inch dual-line screen with recall capability
• 0.5% body fat readings; 0.2-pound weight readings; 300-pound capacity
• Not appropriate for athletic, pregnant, or pacemaker-wearing individuals

Editor Reviews:

Product Description:
This Tanita scale and body fat monitor helps you get a more accurate picture of your overall health by going above and beyond standard scale functionality. Using Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis (BIA), the monitor calculates body fat percentage by sending a safe, low-level electrical signal up through the feet. The 2-1/4-inch, dual-line LED monitor shows both weight and body fat percentage readings at once, so you can track and understand fluctuations in your body. The scale also shows where your readings fall in relation to a healthy range. Designed to adjust for age, gender, and height, the scale stores profiles and previous readings for up to two users. There's also a "guest" option and a weight-only setting. It has a 300-pound capacity and delivers readings in 0.2-pound and 0.5% increments. Suitable for ages 7-99 and body types ranging from the inactive to the moderately active, it is not appropriate for athletic, pregnant, or pacemaker-wearing individuals. A moderate amount of initial programming is required; thereafter, operation is as easy as tapping a few buttons with your toes. The unit runs on four AA batteries and measures 11-3/4 by 12 by 1-1/2 inches.

Amazon.com Product Description:
The Tanita BF679W Duo Scale Plus Body Fat Monitor can monitor both your body fat and body water percentages. This scale also features a daily calorie intake function that estimates how many calories should be consumed in a 24-hour period for a user to maintain current weight level, and a dual recall feature that compares both

The Tanita BF679W scale and body fat monitor delivers advanced body monitoring technology with a sleek, stylish design. View larger.

Comprehensive body fat monitors for total health and fitness.

Why You Should Monitor Body Water and Fat Percentage
If you're like most people, you're not drinking enough water. If you wait until you feel thirsty, your body is already suffering from the effects of mild dehydration. You continually lose water during the day through sweat, urine and breathing. The amount varies due to several reasons, including your physical activity level, illness, medications, poor nutrition, or even climatic conditions. Monitoring your body water percentage allows you to quickly compensate if your levels are low, allowing your body to function more efficiently. Having the right amount of water in your body will not only make you feel healthier, but you'll also reduce your risk of developing serious health problems in the longer term.

High body fat levels can reduce your endurance and have been linked to heart disease cancer and diabetes. Tanita's body composition analyzers monitor your body fat and body water levels with Bioelectric Impedance Analysis, or BIA, the same advanced technology used by doctors. Foot pads send a low-level electrical signal. Then BIA measures the resistance to this signal as it travels through the body.

The Tanita BF679W is calibrated for standard adults and children and stores data for 2 people and measures body fat in increments of 0.5 percentage points. This scale also features a guest mode, allowing you to use the unit without losing information already assigned to the personal keys. The scale's large, easy-to-read 2.25-inch, 2-line LCD shows weight and body fat simultaneously, and instantly compares these readings to healthy ranges based on the user's age and gender. Simply supply your gender, age, height and weight into the memory, step on the scale, and the monitor does the rest. The results are analyzed according to each user's information, and the result is the one of the most comprehensive at-home readings you can get.

Operating on four AA batteries (included), the Tanita BF679W is intended for use by persons up to 300 pounds and is backed by Tanita's three-year warranty.

Body fat percentages are important indicators of good health. View larger.

Rating : - Weight measurement right on....body fat % is a joke......
The weight measurement is extremely accurate. I would go with a simple weight measurement scale or keep seaching for body fat % scales if you want accurate results. My scale consistantly says that my body fat % is between 30% and 40%. It requires you to plug in your height and wight...I am a 5'8'' female weighing about 145 lbs... so basically there is absolutely no possible way for my body fat percent to be in the 30s or the 40s. Its measurements are not even close to reasonable. I knew it was wrong, but the numbers still scared me, so I had a fitness assessment at my gym and they measured my body fat with the calibers (much more accurate method) and it was 18%...huge difference and I will stick to that!