Operation Manual

33Evaluating the measurements
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Please obtain details on the degrees of activity from the
chapter “Setting the level of activity”.
Measurements in relation to one
another
NOTICE!
Adding up the measurements for water,
fat and muscle percentage does not make
sense because a portion of the body water is
stored in muscle.
In general, only long-term changes to measurements
are really conclusive. The individual results must also be
considered in relation to one another. This leads to three
fundamental aspects:
• Change to the total weight,
• Change to body fat, body water and muscle percent-
age,
• Period during which these changes occur.
The periods are divided into:
Short-term Changes within days
Medium-term Changes within weeks
Long-term Changes within months
Short-term fluctuations in weight are primarily attribut-
ed to changes in the water percentage as the percent-
age of fat and muscle only change over the medium or
long-term.