Bob Koure
1 min readJan 24, 2025

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I do not. Even the cheapest FDA-approved body composition scale is out of my budget as I don't have a weight problem. I have a cheap residential model that's probably super inacurate, but I'm just using it to motivate myself to exercose a bit harder and longer; I'm not using it to help other people.

BTW, Withings has one that can measure arterial pulse velocity which (probably obviously to you) is a measure of arterial flexibility. I'm pretty sure that one is not FDA approved - otherwise it'd IMO be a great way to find patients who should be encourged to get a calcium scan.

No idea if FDA approval is necessary for any of this to be used in primary care. Any kind of body scan is a step up from just height and weight - if only all it means is that you catch someone otherwise seemingly fine and it prompts you to do some other tests...

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Bob Koure
Bob Koure

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Retired software architect, statistical analyst, hotel mgr, bike racer, distance swimmer. Photographer. Amateur historian. Avid reader. Home cook. Never-FBer

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