With a Body Fat Monitor you can measure both your weight and body fat. Unlike a traditional scale which measures everything in one a Body Fat Monitor actually breaks it down for you and so you'll be able to track if you're overweight or not.
For a woman of 20-39 years a healthy body fat percentage is 22-36% and 8-20% for a man

During the earlier days, callipers were used to measure body fat, but with technology ever-advancing a more sophisticated method has been developed - the BIA (Bio-electrical Impedance Analysis).

Seventy three percent of water and electolytes exists in lean tissue which makes an electric current pass through your body when you use the scale bare feet. Fat on the other hand is not a good conductor as it contains no water and thus, slows the current. With your lean body mass measured, it's easy for the monitor to calculate your fat mass.
Tanita Body Fat Monitors are the best on the market, measuring not only your entire body fat, but also specific areas such as arms, trunk and legs. Now that's fantastic and you can get your Tanita Body Fat Monitors here at Totally Fitness!