Body Composition After 50: Why the Scale Is the Wrong Metric and What to Measure Instead By Chris McCarthyOctober 9, 2026 Categories: Body Composition, Fitness & Training Tags: fitness The bathroom scale is the most widely used body health measurement tool available to men over fifty. It is also the least informative. A number on a scale measures total mass, which is the combined weight of muscle, fat, bone, organs, water, and everything else the body contains. It does not distinguish between any of...
