PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method and a device making it possible to highly precisely and easily measure a fat tissue accumulated in a body trunk part, especially a fat tissue accumulated in the vicinity of an internal organ tissue and fat tissue information accumulated in a subcutaneous layer.SOLUTION: A lower limb impedance, an upper limb impedance, and a body trunk impedance are measured, an upper or lower limb skeletal muscle tissue quantity is obtained based on the body specifying information, a body trunk skeletal muscle tissue quantity is obtained, a body trunk skeletal muscle tissue layer impedance is obtained, an internal organ tissue quantity of the body trunk is obtained, an internal organ tissue impedance of the body trunk is obtained, a body trunk internal organ fat tissue impedance is obtained based on the body trunk skeletal muscle tissue layer impedance and the internal organ tissue impedance of the body trunk, and a body trunk internal organ fat tissue quantity is obtained.COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT【課題】体幹部に蓄積される脂肪組織、特に内臓器組織周辺に付着・蓄積する脂肪組織および皮下層に蓄積する脂肪組織情報を高精度で簡便に測定可能とする方法および装置を提供すること。【解決手段】下肢インピーダンス、上肢インピーダンス、体幹インピーダンスを測定し、身体特定化情報に基づいて、上又は下肢骨格筋組織量を求め、体幹骨格筋組織量を求め、体幹骨格筋組織層インピーダンスを求め、体幹の内臓器組織量を求め、体幹の内臓器組織インピーダンスを求め、体幹骨格筋組織層インピーダンス及び体幹の内臓器組織インピーダンスに基づいて体幹内臓脂肪組織インピーダンスを求め、体幹内臓脂肪組織量を求める。【選択図】図7
