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Definition: smart scale


A bathroom scale that provides a body checkup. Along with a person's current body weight, a smart scale provides a clinical assessment of a person's health. Body composition is measured through bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA), which is a painless electrical charge sent through both bare feet when standing on the scale.




Withings Smart Scale
Withings' health products include watches, scales, thermometers and smartwatches. This Body Comp is one of four smart scales and checks fat, muscle and bone mass, basal metabolic rate, visceral fat and standing heart rate. The measurements above were excerpted from the Withings phone app. (Image courtesy of Withings.)