Patent ID: 8606354

Claim:
A visceral fat measuring device for calculating a visceral fat amount based on: trunk measurement information for use in obtaining an area of a cross-sectional plane of an abdominal part of a trunk which is orthogonal to a body axis of the trunk; impedance information of an entire trunk obtained by applying an electric current through the trunk from hands and legs and measuring a potential difference in part of a surface of the trunk; and impedance information of a surface layer of the trunk obtained by winding a belt having a plurality of electrodes around the trunk so as to apply the electric current through a vicinity of the surface layer of the trunk and measure a potential difference in part of the surface of the trunk, said visceral fat measuring device comprising a belt assembly that comprises: a pressing member to be placed on a dorsal side of a person subjected to measurement and provided with the electrodes; a first belt portion extending from a first side of the pressing member to a free end, said first belt portion being provided with first indicators showing a distance from the free end of the first belt portion; a second belt portion extending from a second side, opposite to said first side, of the pressing member to a free end, said second belt portion being provided with second indicators showing a distance from the free end of the second belt portion; and a buckle for connecting the first and second belt portions to one another, whereby the pressing member can be aligned by adjusting distances of the free ends of the first and second belt portions from the buckle based on the first and second indicators, said indicators being arranged along the first and second belt portions from the free ends towards the pressing member.