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Beyond DEXA: The Science That Makes TANITA Scales More Accurate

Most body-composition scales are calibrated to DEXA — the medical body scan most people think of as the gold standard. But there's actually a more accurate method that researchers trust above DEXA: the 4-Compartment (4C) method. TANITA is one of the few consumer brands that calibrates its scales against 4C, which is why our multi-frequency analyzers show 99% agreement with this research-grade benchmark.