A method for providing health care information by using a cloud-based portable device for measuring body fat and a device using the same are disclosed. A health care information providing method is a method for allowing a cloud-based server to provide health care information, and comprises the steps of: collecting body fat measurement results from portable devices for measuring body fat of users; generating reference data for each group or each region on the basis of the collected body fat measurement results; and acquiring personal body fat measurement result information on the basis of the generated reference data.