PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a visceral fat measuring apparatus accurately measuring a visceral fat amount.SOLUTION: The visceral fat measuring apparatus 1 comprises: a first electrode pair AP1 and a second electrode pair AP2 to be disposed in a body axial direction on the abdominal part back surface of a subject a current generation part 21 for making a current flow between the electrodes of the first electrode pair AP1 a potential difference detection part 23 for detecting a potential difference between the electrodes of the second electrode pair AP2 in the case of making the current flow between the electrodes of the first electrode pair AP1 and a visceral fat amount calculation part 16 for calculating the visceral fat amount of the subject on the basis of the detected potential difference between the electrodes of the second electrode pair AP2.COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT【課題】内臓脂肪量を正確に測定することが可能な内臓脂肪測定装置を提供する。【解決手段】内臓脂肪測定装置1は、被験者の腹部背面において体軸方向に配置するための第1電極対AP1および第2電極対AP2と、第1電極対AP1の電極間に電流を流す電流生成部21と、第1電極対AP1の電極間に電流を流した場合における第2電極対AP2の電極間の電位差を検出する電位差検出部23と、検出した第2電極対AP2の電極間の電位差に基づいて被験者の内臓脂肪量を算出する内臓脂肪量算出部16とを備える。【選択図】図1
