When the instrument is powered up, it asks the user to place a 100 gram weight on the scale, which will then be used as a reference to control the voltage-to-weight scaling factor.

The scale does not differentiate between muscle, fat, or water weight. Two people can weigh the same but have different body compositions; one is heavily muscled and one has too many fat cells.

A P.E.I. dietitian is encouraging people to stick with their New Year's resolution of losing weight by doing away with the scale. Bethany Vessey, a registered dietitian since 2010, and has been ...

Most people despise scales and only step on one when they have to at their annual checkup, but this isn't a great idea either. If you're trying to drop pounds, judging your weight based on how you ...

(A 20 to 40-pound weight gain during pregnancy is considered normal). “I didn’t recognize my body,” she wrote on her blog . She would also weigh herself almost daily.

Good news: The gurus at Initial State, the data analytics for the Internet of Things company, came up with a hackable, weight-tracking, text messaging bathroom scale that comes with a built-in ...