Body fat measuring apparatus capable of measuring visceral fat with high accuracy

A body fat measuring apparatus comprising:

• first plural electric-current electrodes placed at positions apart from an abdominal portion of a measurement subject;
• first plural voltage electrodes placed on said abdominal portion of said measurement subject;
• second plural electric-current electrodes placed on said abdominal portion of said measurement subject such that they are spaced apart from one another by an interval sufficiently smaller than a perimeter length of said abdominal portion;
• second plural voltage electrodes placed on said abdominal portion such that they are spaced apart from one another by an interval sufficiently smaller than said perimeter length of said abdominal portion;
• and
• a measurement control part for controlling a measuring operation of said body fat measuring apparatus, wherein
• said measurement control part includes:
• a first measurement part which causes an electric current to flow through said first plural electric-current electrodes and measures the impedance of a first abdominal portion from the electric-potential difference between said first plural voltage electrodes;
• a second measurement part which causes an electric current to flow through said second plural electric-current electrodes and measures the impedance of a second abdominal portion from the electric-potential difference between said second plural voltage electrodes;
• and
• a body fat calculation part which calculates the body fat of said measurement subject, from said impedance of said first abdominal portion, said impedance of said second abdominal portion and a characteristic value reflecting the size of the measurement subject.