The latest digital smart scales let you wirelessly monitor your weight, BMI, body fat percentage and other metrics. Here are the best smart scales on the market.
Everyone’s getting fitness trackers, walking more than 10,000 steps a day, donning the trainers and setting out on a jog recommended by RunKeeper or another of the many exercise apps.
For many of us exercise is as much about weight loss as it is general fitness. All those Fitbit steps go hand in hand with the 5:2 Diet or some other fashionable eating regime because we realise we’re overweight and need to shed a few kilos. You need to look for scales that will help you maintain a healthy weight and look at other health metrics.
A standard set of digital scales will do the trick, but in today’s world of the quantifiable self we appreciate all our data to be digitally collated and presented to us in attractive graphs and charts.
For this we need a set of smart scales that sync with a smartphone app.
Smart scales measure a lot more than our weight. A decent set should also inform us of our Body Mass Index (BMI), lean mass, and body fat percentage. These metrics help us understand what our own best weight should be, as it depends on your height as much as your actual weight in kilos or stones.
When measuring the various health stats remember that these averages are just that, and an individual’s best ranges may differ depending on various factors. If in doubt discuss these with your doctor.
Common health metrics for smart scales include:
BMI – this is a measure that shows if you are a healthy weight for your height.
