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- What is a healthy body fat percentage? (lean-to-fat ratio) 5 comment(s)
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Smart Body Analyzer – 15 reasons why you should get one
This all-in-one health tracking solution includes a smart and slick bodyscale, and a matching iOS/Android app. There are so many things you can do with the WS-50… It seamlessly collects the data – all kinds of interesting measures linked to your body and your home. It offers an instant visual feedback, drafts insights and lets you fine-tune it to best suit your needs. Here’s a list of 15 reasons why you should get a Smart Body Analyzer – when you’re finished reading it, please leave YOUR N#1 reason in the comments 
Why is it important to monitor your resting heart rate?
One of the new metrics the Smart Body Analyzer measures is the resting heart rate. Thanks to our patent-pending technology, you can check your heart rate just by standing on the scale for a few seconds. But you might wonder, why is it important to follow this indicator? We will try to explain it here.
Your smartphone is the stethoscope of the 21st century
A guest blog post by Corentin Lion – As a last year student at EDHEC business school in France, Corentin Lion is currently doing his master thesis on healthcare connected devices and their impact on our medical system. It seems logical when you know that he grew up in a family of doctors and was always trying to fix someone’s computer. Very keen on new technologies, Corentin is one of those who believe technology will revolutionize our future. Still driven by his passion, he plans on pursuing his studies doing a specialized Master’s degree in the Centrale Paris engineering school. Here’s an article about the smartphone as a medical tool Corentin wrote for the Withings blog.
Wireless Scale: it’s smart and easy… and now it’s out!
We are happy to announce that the Wireless Scale WS-30 has just come out! You can now purchase it from our website and in Apple Stores in Europe and in the US, both online and in the physical stores. This is the next-generation of Withings Internet-connected bathroom scales, as our original smart scale, the Wi-Fi Body Scale, came out in 2009. The Wireless Scale comes with added connectivity at an entry-level price. Here’s everything you need to know.
What is a healthy body fat percentage? (lean-to-fat ratio)
The ideal fat-lean ratio varies depending on several key points. First of all, you should know that it isn’t the same for men and for women. It also depends of your age. To help you assess if your body composition is good or bad, here are the commonly accepted levels that define the minimum, maximum and average body fat percentages of a healthy person. But first, let’s see how it works…
Wearable technology to dream about
The connected technology market is regularly startled with announcements of amazing inventions and sci-fi-ish perspectives. Among the innovative products that have many of us drool, some are just someone’s dream weaved into a video presentation laced with special FX, showing you virtually how it works; some are prototypes that certainly won’t be mass distributed tomorrow because the technologies used are still costly.
