Tanita Corporation

Kazuhiko Sakata

Masato Kodama

Masaru Hirouchi

Hitoshi Sato

Miyuki Kodama

Steven B Heymsfield

Toshihiko Ishikawa

Disclosed is an improved living body variable measuring apparatus equipped with a display capable of presenting a time-related graphic representation. The graphic representation is composed of crosswise arrangement of rectangles relative to abscissa and ordinate representing time and measured quantity respectively. Each time-related column has a selected rectangle representing the quantity of a measured living body variable. The horizontal time-related arrangement of narrow rectangles facilitates survey of graphic representation. The living body variable measuring apparatus permits the user to select desired data among those measured for record, preventing so selected data from invading locations allotted to others' data and vice versa.

Living body variable measuring apparatus equipped with a display capable of presenting a graphic representation

Bio-characteristic value measuring device with graphical display

An apparatus for measuring basal metabolism includes a device to input individual data, for example an age of a subject; a device to measure bioelectrical impedance of the subject; a device for calculation of fat-free mass on the basis of the individual data and the impedance;, and a device for calculation of basal metabolism of the subject on the basis of a reciprocal of the age and the fat-free mass. The basal metabolism can be calculated using the formula represented by BMR&equals;A&times;FFM&plus;B&times;(1/age)&plus;C, in which BMR is basal metabolism (kcal/day), FFM is fat-free mass (kg), and A, B, and C are constants.

Apparatus for measuring basal metabolism

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Saitama, Japan

Kazuhiko Sakata