Mellerware BODYMAX Manual De Instrucciones página 2

Dear customer,
Thank you for choosing to purchase a Mellerware
brand product. Thanks to its technology, design and
operation and the fact that it exceeds the strictest
quality standards, a fully satisfactory use and long
product life can be assured.
1. Parts description
A. Platform
B. LCD screen
C. Set button
D. Up/down buttons
E .Male symbol
F. Female symbol
G. Age symbol
H. Height symbol
I. Kilogram/pounds symbol
J. Battery compartment lid
K. Weight unit selector button
How body fat scales work and why it's important
Body fat scales are one of the most convenient ways
to measure your body fat percentage. The Mellerware
BodyMax Health scale uses a technique called Bio-
electrical Impedance Analysis (or BIA for short). Very
simply, a small and completely harmless electrical
current is passed through your body. The electrical
current passes more quickly through fat free tissue,
like muscle, than it does through fat or bone tissue.
So the amount of resistance to the electrical current
re- lates to how much fat-free mass a person has and
their body density.
Like all body fat tests, BodyMax Health scale does
not actually measure your body fat percentage. They
determine your body density. The examiner (or the
BodyMax Health) then uses a formula to calculate
body fat percentage based on body density.
These formulas just predict your body fat. Unfortu-
nately there is no one formula that accurately predicts
body fat for the whole population. Differences in age,
gender, ethnicity, body size, and fitness level all have
a significant effect on the results as long as they can
accurately monitor changes in your body composition
over time, that's all you need. Your body position,
the amount of water in your body, your food intake,
skin temperature and recent physical activity can all
adversely affect the results of body fat scales.
To achieve accurate, consistent results, you must
standardize the way you perform each test. That
simply means making each test with your Body- Max
Health scale as similar as possible.
The great thing about BodyMax Health scale is that
standardising each test is easy to do. Check out the
Top Tips to get the most from your Body- Max Health
scale.
Top Tips when using your BodyMax Health
Scale
• Remember to use the Bodymax scale with bare feet
in order for the BIA function to work correctly.
• Use the BodyMax Health Scale to measure your
progress only. Don't compare your body fat percent-
age to anyone else's score.
• Measure out and drink some water one hour before
you test yourself. Make sure you always drink the
same amount of water one hour before you test
yourself.
• Measure yourself at the same time of day for each
test. Your skin temperature affects the electrical cur-
rent used by the BodyMax Health scale. It's difficult
but try to test yourself in a similar room temperature
each time.
• Don't test yourself after exercising. When you
exercise you sweat and when you sweat you lose
water. This affects your hydration levels and therefore
the results.
• Thoroughly clean the foot pads, preferably with
alcohol and then dry them off each time you test.
2. Safety advice and warnings!
Read these instructions carefully before switching
on the appliance and keep them for future reference.
Failure to follow and observe these instructions could
lead to an accident. Clean all the parts of the product
that will be in contact with food, as indicated in the