Body Composition and Heart Health: Why BMI Alone Doesn’t Tell the Full Story
June 08, 2026
The device I recommend for home body composition tracking is the Kinetik Wellbeing Smart Body Analyser, and I want to explain what sets it apart from a standard bathroom scale.
It measures full body composition using bioelectrical impedance analysis – a safe, painless method where a very low electrical current passes through the body. Fat tissue and lean tissue conduct electricity differently, and this difference allows the device to calculate the proportion of each. The measurement takes seconds and requires nothing more than stepping onto the scale barefoot.
The metrics it tracks include body weight, BMI, body fat percentage, visceral fat score, muscle mass, bone mass, body water percentage, and metabolic age. Each reading is displayed on the scale itself and, via Bluetooth, synced to the MedM Health app on your smartphone. MedM is a genuinely useful platform – it stores your historical readings, tracks trends over time, and can also integrate data from other monitoring devices including blood pressure monitors and pulse oximeters. If you are using a Kinetik Wellbeing blood pressure monitor alongside your scales, the app brings those readings into the same dashboard, giving you a more complete view of your cardiovascular health in one place.
Full story by Anthony Cunningham: https://www.zoomhealth.co.uk/body-composition-and-heart-health-why-bmi-alone-doesnt-tell-the-full-story/?srsltid=AfmBOorA6eME5DcW8Jw-wLxhG2kBqiKp45gzcZuw23CZWJ0TU3ADzf8e
