Often debated, body mass index is no longer the right benchmark for one’s health. Bioimpedance analysis (BIA) is one of the best choices. With weak currents, impedance becomes a measure of body fat and muscle mass.
Currently, some smart watches (smart watch) offers a variety of health features, including SpO2 measurement, sleep quality, and BIA. The most recent example is Samsung Galaxy Watch4 And Samsung Galaxy Watch5. Often questioned about its accuracy, a recent study confirmed the accuracy of the Galaxy Watch4 and Watch5 in measuring BIA!
Galaxy Watch4 and Watch5 BioActive Sensor
As you know, Samsung has equipped the Watch4 and Watch5 series with a 3-in-1 BioActive sensor under the body smart watch. With this sensor, Watch4 and Watch5 can monitor three things in the user’s body:
- Optical impulse.
- Electric heart sensor.
- BIO.
Even so, Samsung continues to warn that this measurement feature is only meant to maintain overall health and fitness. The measurement results are not intended for the detection, diagnosis, treatment, monitoring, or management of any medical condition.
“Any health information accessed through devices and/or applications should not be considered medical advice. Users should seek medical advice from healthcare professionals,” Samsung wrote in a statement. disclaimer-his.
Measure its accuracy in hundreds of participants
Uploaded The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition in July 2022, a US university collaborative study (Louisiana State University, Pennington Biomedical Research CenterAnd University of Hawaii Cancer Center) want to test the accuracy and stability of BIA measurements across smart watch.
The US researchers recruited 109 participants across the BMI. Participants underwent body composition measurements with smart watch Galaxy Watch4 in standing and sitting position. Results smart watch then compared with dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) scans and equivalent laboratory BIA scans.
Result: Galaxy Watch is able to detect BIA almost 100%!
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Of the 109 participants, 75 participants followed the protocol completely during the study. As a result, there was no difference in accuracy between BIA measurement results on the Galaxy Watch4 and DXA or equivalent BIA scan results in the laboratory. In fact, the Galaxy Watch4 is almost 98% accurate in detecting key aspects of the BIA, such as:
- Lean body mass.
- Fat mass.
- Skeletal muscle.
- Basal metabolic rate (BMR).
- Composition of body fluids.
Knowing this data, various studies have noted this smart watch make users more committed to living a healthy life and having an ideal body weight. long-term, smart watch it can help prevent obesity which is a major trigger for death from cardiovascular disease.
Smart watch make him fitter and healthier
Research adds to the evidence of benefits smart watch for fitness. In a study in Iran in 2022, researchers found this out smart watch help users understand physical activity patterns, so nearly 60% of users smart watch exercise more often.
A past study in the United States published in Translational journal of the ACSM in 2016 noted that using smart watch it can get someone more active moving for up to 68 minutes. Additionally, a study in the United States in 2020 also found such usage smart watch adding more than 2,500 daily steps.
How to measure BIA with Galaxy Watch4 and Watch5
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With the BioActive sensor, Galaxy Watch4 and Watch5 can accurately detect the user’s BIA. It only takes 15 seconds, Samsung explains how to detect BIA through smart watch-it, namely:
- Make sure the Galaxy Watch4 and Watch5 BioActive sensors are clean.
- Swipe the screens of Galaxy Watch4 and Watch5 to find the functions tile Body composition, then tap To measure.
- Enter the last weight and tap Setting up.
- A command to move the position will appear smart watch get close to the wrist.
- Press the two buttons on the Galaxy Watch4 and Watch5 body with the middle and ring fingers and keep pressing them until the measurement is complete.
- When Galaxy Watch4 and Watch5 are measuring, try raising your arm and hold that position for 15 seconds.
The results will come out. Afraid that the results will change or be inaccurate? Samsung provides several tips to measure BIA with Galaxy Watch4 and Watch5, namely:
- Measure your BIA at the same time each day.
- Measure the BIA on an empty stomach.
- Measure the BIA after going to the bathroom (how to urinate).
- For women, do not measure BIA during menstruation.
- Have your BIA measured before engaging in activities that raise your body temperature, such as exercising, taking a hot bath, or entering a sauna.
- Remove metal objects and jewelry from your body before measuring your BIA.
Sophisticated, right? For Samsung Galaxy Watch4 and Watch5 owners, you can try this one. Hopefully you get more active and healthier, yes!
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