COVID-19 is driving huge consumer interest in health, creating
the opportunity for operators (with the right kit) to offer body
scanning and analysis. We look at some of the top options
The InBody 770 is a research-grade device, delivering comprehensive results
Inbody
Sectors: medical, gyms, health clubs, corporate wellbeing
Clients include: BXR, Evolve Fitness
Number of kiosk options: five
Website: www.inbody.com
Founded by Dr Kichul Cha in 1996, InBody has grown from a small biotech startup in South Korea to a multinational corporation working in 80 countries.
The company works in the health and fitness and medical fields, providing accurate body composition data from easy-to-use devices.
InBody’s flagship product is the research-grade InBody 770 (pictured top right), which goes beyond traditional body composition analysis and takes a deeper look into body water, offering two types of results sheets: body composition and body water.
Measures available:
(Standard) weight, total body water, dry lean mass, lean body mass, body fat mass, skeletal muscle mass, body mass index, percent body fat, segmental lean analysis, body composition history, body fat-lean body mass control, basal metabolic rate, impedance at each segment/ frequency. (Additional) Intracellular water, extracellular water, ecw/tbw analysis, visceral fat, segmental fat analysis, visceral fat area, segmental body water analysis, segmental ecw/tbw analysis, segmental icw analysis, segmental ecw analysis, leg lean mass, tbw/lbm, reactance, whole body and segmental phase angle
Impact of body composition on the immune system:
In light of the global pandemic, InBody has developed a paper with its Medical Application team to demonstrate the effects of healthy body composition on the immune system. You can download the paper free of charge at www.HCMmag.com/Inbodyimmune
Healthcheck Services
Sectors: gyms, health clubs, corporate wellbeing
Clients include: The Gym Group, Pure Gym
Number of kiosk options: nine
Measures available: weight, height, bodyfat, vascular, total body water, muscle mass, physique rating, bone mineral mass, basal metabolic rate, metabolic age, visceral fat
Website: www.healthcheckservices.co.uk
Healthcheck Services has been operating for over 30 years, providing kiosks for all levels of operation.
Corevue 360 uses multi-frequency bioelectrical impedance analysis, to provide insight into body fat percentage, muscle mass, bone density and metabolic age, enabling the delivery of a full body composition analysis in 15 seconds.
The Corevue 360 also has automatic height measurement and comes with both card and coin payment options. It’s available via purchase, rental or profit share and enables on-screen advertising, so it can function as a profit centre.
The kiosk responds to voice and text instructions and comes in a range of options, including hands-only, feet-only and hand and feet, providing full segmental body composition analysis.
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COVID-19 is driving huge consumer interest in health, creating
the opportunity for operators (with the right kit) to offer body
scanning and analysis. We look at some of the top options
The InBody 770 is a research-grade device, delivering comprehensive results
Inbody
Sectors: medical, gyms, health clubs, corporate wellbeing
Clients include: BXR, Evolve Fitness
Number of kiosk options: five
Website: www.inbody.com
Founded by Dr Kichul Cha in 1996, InBody has grown from a small biotech startup in South Korea to a multinational corporation working in 80 countries.
The company works in the health and fitness and medical fields, providing accurate body composition data from easy-to-use devices.
InBody’s flagship product is the research-grade InBody 770 (pictured top right), which goes beyond traditional body composition analysis and takes a deeper look into body water, offering two types of results sheets: body composition and body water.
Measures available:
(Standard) weight, total body water, dry lean mass, lean body mass, body fat mass, skeletal muscle mass, body mass index, percent body fat, segmental lean analysis, body composition history, body fat-lean body mass control, basal metabolic rate, impedance at each segment/ frequency. (Additional) Intracellular water, extracellular water, ecw/tbw analysis, visceral fat, segmental fat analysis, visceral fat area, segmental body water analysis, segmental ecw/tbw analysis, segmental icw analysis, segmental ecw analysis, leg lean mass, tbw/lbm, reactance, whole body and segmental phase angle
Impact of body composition on the immune system:
In light of the global pandemic, InBody has developed a paper with its Medical Application team to demonstrate the effects of healthy body composition on the immune system. You can download the paper free of charge at www.HCMmag.com/Inbodyimmune
Healthcheck Services
Sectors: gyms, health clubs, corporate wellbeing
Clients include: The Gym Group, Pure Gym
Number of kiosk options: nine
Measures available: weight, height, bodyfat, vascular, total body water, muscle mass, physique rating, bone mineral mass, basal metabolic rate, metabolic age, visceral fat
Website: www.healthcheckservices.co.uk
Healthcheck Services has been operating for over 30 years, providing kiosks for all levels of operation.
Corevue 360 uses multi-frequency bioelectrical impedance analysis, to provide insight into body fat percentage, muscle mass, bone density and metabolic age, enabling the delivery of a full body composition analysis in 15 seconds.
The Corevue 360 also has automatic height measurement and comes with both card and coin payment options. It’s available via purchase, rental or profit share and enables on-screen advertising, so it can function as a profit centre.
The kiosk responds to voice and text instructions and comes in a range of options, including hands-only, feet-only and hand and feet, providing full segmental body composition analysis.
Norwegian health club operator, Treningshelse Holding, which owns the Aktiv365 and Family
Sports Club fitness chains, has acquired fellow Norwegian operator, Aktiv Trening.
The HCM team were busy at the recent FIBO Global Fitness event in Cologne, Germany,
distributing a special FIBO edition of HCM in support of the event as its global media
partner.
The fitness sector’s pivot to active wellbeing is being discussed in a new weekly podcast, called
The Conveners, and hosted by chair of GM Active and director of Miova, Andy King with
industry veteran, John Oxley, as a guest presenter.
Basic-Fit has signed up to trial the Wellhub network across its recently expanded Spanish
network, giving access to subscribers and enabling them to use all 152 of its Spanish clubs.
Having redefined the model of public-private collaboration in Spain, Go Fit is now expanding
into Italy and has ambitious plans to grow its estate, memberships and profits.
Planet Fitness has become the subject of a hate campaign by certain groups of consumers and
seen share values slide, in the wake of a trans person having been photographed using the
women’s locker room at an Alaskan gym.
Industry experts are gathering in Cologne for today's European Health & Fitness Forum
(EHFF),
followed by FIBO from 11-14 April, which will feature almost 1,000 exhibitors.
Jason Worthy has been appointed group CEO of Myzone to lead the 'next stage of growth', with
current group CEO, David Stalker, stepping back to take up an advisory role.
Global publishing outfit, Leisure Media, has announced details of its new annual conference for decision-
makers across the health, fitness and wellness markets. The event – the HCM Summit – will be held at the
QEII Conference Centre in Westminster, London on 24 October 2024, with pre-summit events the day
before.
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