Still from the first anniversary of ParenTin TV, one of the booths in the event is from Anchor Institute and they offer a free check up for the kids. Their Anchor Institute Body Analyser is heaven sent to me. I was able to know what kind of foods my kids need. The following texts you will read are taken from the result paper the nutritionist gave us:

Body Composition Analysis
Body weight is made up of 4 components; body water, protein, mineral and fat. The balance of these components is important. The Anchor Body Analyser will determine the amount of water, fat, muscle and mineral in your child’s body.

What Measures Are Used?

Body Weight
Body weight is the total body weight of your child. The results printout will indicate whether your child’s body weight is ‘low’, ‘normal’ or ‘over’ as compared to a normal range from a reference population matched for the age and gender of your child. Body weight is a useful screening tool to identify possible weight problems.

Muscle Mass
Muscle mass is the total amount of lean muscle in the body of your child. Children can build healthy muscles through a healthy diet and an appropriate amount of exercise.

Body Fat Mass
Body Fat Mass is the total amount of body fat tissue in the body of your child. Everybody needs to have a healthy diet and plenty of exercise to help maintain a healthy level of body fat.

Mineral
Mineral is the estimated total amount of mineral content in the body of your child. Most of the mineral content in the body is found in bones. Milk is one of nature’s best sources of many of the nutrients that children need to grow strong bones, including calcium and magnesium.

Total Body Water
Total Body Water is the total calculated amount of water in the body of your child.

Segmental Lean Evaluation
This measure evaluates the amount of muscle in each of the five segments of the body (arms, legs and torso)

Segmental Fat Evaluation
This measure evaluates the amount of fat in each of the five segments of the body (arms, legs and torso)

The kids stand for a minute or two on the analyser and then the nutritionist discuss with me the Body Analyser Result. It was really a big help to me specially to my first born since his body composition is below average. And he listened well on the nutritionist. It’s a good thing that Anchor provided fresh milk for us and the boys loved it! So now, we are ANCHOR milk lovers!