Medical and Healthcare scale – seca 334 (mobile digital baby scale)

The mobile baby scale with special damping system

The easy-to transport seca 334 weighs only 6.2 lbs and requires surprisingly little space. The weighing tray has a generous and comfortable design for babies and toddlers. With the large, clear LCD figures and the practical carrying handle which can be used to hang the scale, makes daily weighing very easy. The Breast-Milk-Intake-Function shows the exact amount of milk the baby has consumed. The seca 334 is available as a standard variety or optional with the seca 400.

Product Properties

Functions and Properties

• With Breast-Milk-Intake-Function (BMIF).
• Handy and light for mobile medical use.
• Comfortable cradle.
• Large, easy to read LCD display.
• Reliable results due to automatic damping system.
• Optional measuring rod seca 232.

• Auto-HOLD
• Automatic switch-off
• Breast/Milk Intake Function
• Mobile use
• TARE
• Easy to use.

Technical Data

• Net weight : 6.2 lbs / 2.8 kg
• Product width : 25.1 inch / 638 mm
• Product height : 4.1 inch / 105mm
• Product depth : 11.8 inch / 300 mm
• Power supply : Batteries Optional power adapter
• Graduation : 5 g < 10 kg > 10 g / 0.2 oz < 22 lbs > 0.5 oz

• Capacity : 20 kg / 44 lbs
• Batteries, quantity and type : 6 X AA
• Tray width : 23.4 inch / 595 mm
• Tray height : 2.0 inch / 50 mm
• Tray depth : 10.0 inch / 255 mm
• kg/lbs switch-over : true

Too much baby fat is unhealthy

In many developed countries, every tenth newborn weighs more than 9 lbs 15 oz and suffers from fetal macrosomia. This is a medical condition when a new born baby has disproportionately large body parts or organs which could potentially injure the baby during birth or increase their risk of becoming obese or developing Type 2 diabetes in the future. Babies with overweight mothers or mothers with gestational diabetes are more likely to develop fetal macrosomia because they receive too much glucose and produce too much insulin which results in the development of fatty tissue.
The baby’s elevated insulin production causes a region of the brain responsible for feelings of fullness to not completely develop. Consequently, the individual’s will face frequent hunger pangs throughout their life which increase their risk of diabetes and obesity. It’s difficult to diagnose fetal macrosomia in the womb because conclusions about the fetal’s weight cannot be made from an ultrasound image. To receive a more reliable diagnosis besides regular weight measurements, the mother’s girth and symphysis fundal height are essential.

It’s critical to have a healthy start in life

Why is a baby’s weight so significant? The physical growth of infants has long been recognized as an important indicator of health and wellness. If weight gain is too fast research shows babies are at risk of childhood obesity and associated diseases. If weight gain is too slow then the baby risks developing physical or psychological problems. A precise weight measurement is important and the reason why doctors and midwives across the globe recommend seca scales.