This Is Much More Than a Weighing Scale

The Withings Body Scan looks like a beautifully designed premium bathroom scale, but calling it a weighing scale doesn't really explain what it does.

It's an advanced connected body and health monitoring station designed to give you a much deeper picture of what's happening inside your body.

As well as measuring your weight, Body Scan can analyse body composition, assess different areas of the body separately, track visceral fat and even perform cardiovascular measurements.

Your results are automatically brought together in the Withings app, allowing you to follow changes and trends over time.

How Does It Work?

Using it is surprisingly straightforward.

Step onto the scale barefoot → pick up the handle → stand still while Body Scan performs its measurements.

The scale contains sensors under your feet, while additional electrodes are incorporated into the retractable handle.

This allows Body Scan to analyse the body through multiple points rather than relying solely on measurements taken through your feet.

Once finished, your results can synchronise over Wi-Fi with the Withings app on your smartphone.

Why Does It Have a Handle?

This is one of the most interesting things about Body Scan.

Ordinary smart scales generally send a very small electrical signal from one foot through the lower body to the other foot. This is known as Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis (BIA).

Withings takes this considerably further.

By holding the Body Scan handle, additional electrodes make contact with your hands. The system can therefore perform segmental body composition analysis, looking separately at different parts of your body.

Instead of simply giving you one overall body-fat figure, Body Scan can provide information for areas including your:

Left arm • Right arm • Torso • Left leg • Right leg

This can be particularly interesting for people following changes from exercise, strength training, weight loss or lifestyle changes.

What Can Body Scan Measure?

Weight

High-precision weight measurement, allowing you to follow changes and longer-term trends rather than concentrating on a single day's number.

Body Composition

Body Scan can provide measurements and estimates including:

• Body fat
• Muscle mass
• Water percentage
• Bone mass
• Visceral fat

Segmental Body Composition

This is where Body Scan separates itself from many conventional smart scales.

It can show how fat and muscle are distributed around different areas of your body, giving you considerably more information than one overall percentage.

Visceral Fat

Body Scan can provide a Visceral Fat Index.

Visceral fat is the fat stored deeper within the abdomen around internal organs, rather than the fat immediately underneath the skin.

Tracking this over time can provide another useful indicator when working towards health and fitness goals.

It Can Even Perform an ECG

Body Scan incorporates cardiovascular monitoring technology and can perform an electrocardiogram (ECG) assessment.

Using electrodes within the scale and handle, compatible ECG functionality can help detect signs associated with certain heart rhythm irregularities, including atrial fibrillation (AFib).

Availability and operation of medical features can vary by country and regulatory approval.

Vascular & Heart Health Information

Body Scan can also provide additional cardiovascular insights, including measurements designed to help users better understand aspects of their vascular health.

This takes the product well beyond the traditional idea of a bathroom scale.

Nerve Health Assessment

Another unusual feature is its ability to provide a Nerve Health Score, using measurements taken through the feet.

This is intended to help users follow signs relating to the health of small nerve fibres over time.

Again, this is a good example of why Body Scan is better described as a health station than simply a smart scale.

Your Results on Your Phone

Body Scan connects using Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, with measurements synchronised to the Withings app.

The real benefit isn't necessarily seeing today's measurement — it's being able to see how your measurements are changing over weeks and months.

That makes the data considerably more useful.

Designed for the Whole Household

Body Scan can recognise and track multiple individual users, allowing members of the household to maintain their own profiles and measurement histories.

Key Features

• Premium connected smart health scale
• High-precision weight measurement
• Advanced body composition analysis
• Segmental body composition
• Body fat measurement
• Muscle mass measurement
• Body water measurement
• Bone mass
• Visceral Fat Index
• Retractable multi-sensor handle
• ECG capability
• Cardiovascular health insights
• Vascular measurements
• Nerve health assessment
• Wi-Fi connectivity
• Bluetooth connectivity
• Withings smartphone app
• Multi-user support
• Colour display
• Rechargeable battery
• Automatic measurement synchronisation