It is impoartant for us to learn our health situation through body composition.  The EVO H-X uses BIA (Bioelectric Impedance Analysis) technology to determine percentage of body fat, muscles, water and bones (Kg).  When you stand barefoot on metal foot plates, some weak electric will be collected as data and the EVO H-X will analyze the data together with your input of age, height and gender to determine your body composition percentage.
In addition, the EVO-H-X also able to determine your BMI (Body Mass Index and calories requirements.

Why is it important to know your body fat percentage?
The majority of us determine the success of our weight loss by the number displayed on our bathroom scales.  Unfortunately,  weight alonecannot distinguish whether the weight comes from fat or muscle.  Knowing body fat is more helpful in weight control than just reading number on a scale.  Think about it we all know someone who is skinny but out of shape, or someone who appears heavy but is actually fit.   

What amount of fat is needed, acceptable, and considered unhealthy?
If you look around Internet, you will see a lot of different recommendation for body fat percentage.  Following information is based on World Health Organization and National Institutes of Health (US) recommendation, and takes age into account.

Why your BMR is important for weight loss?
Just to put it simple, BMR is the amount of calories you'd burn if you stayed in bed all day.  It does not include exercise, typing on the computer, walking, talking, sitting, or even thinking for that matter.  Yet, your BMR is important because it account for 60%-70% of calories you burn each day. By knowing your BMR, you are able to create your weight loss plan more effectively.

What is BMI ?
BMI is a simple index to classify underweight, normal weight, overweight and obesity in adult population and individual.  It is define as weight in kilograms divided by square of the height in meters (kg/m2).Equipped with high precision weight sensors

source:OEM