Overview
- Withings launched the BodyFit as a lower‑cost model available through its online store for $279.95, with rollouts to Amazon and Best Buy expected soon.
- The scale uses a retractable handle and eight electrodes to run multi‑frequency Bioelectrical Impedance Spectroscopy (BIS) for a six‑zone scan that Withings says yields 40+ data points in about 10 seconds.
- Withings cites validation against DEXA scans performed with French sports clinic Mon Stade, claiming roughly 98% accuracy for muscle mass and 99% for fat mass for the device’s BIS measurements.
- The BodyFit replicates the Body Scan’s core composition tools but omits the premium model’s advanced cardiovascular diagnostics such as the 6‑lead ECG and vascular‑age measurements.
- The company positions the device for people monitoring weight loss—including users of GLP‑1 medications—because segmental readings show whether losses are from fat or muscle and can guide daily choices without repeated clinical DEXA tests.