Residents can now track their health at libraries and leisure centres

The Boditrax scanner provides a comprehensive snapshot of an individual’s health in just 30 seconds, delivering 15 different body composition measurements.

These include body fat percentage, muscle mass, visceral fat, hydration levels and metabolic age, offering much greater insight than standard scales alone.

The scans are available free of charge to East Riding Library members and East Riding Leisure members only.

Users can download the free Boditrax app, where they can view their results, track progress over time and set personalised health and fitness goals.

The initiative aims to encourage residents to take positive steps towards healthier lifestyles by providing accessible tools that help people make informed decisions about their wellbeing.

To support the campaign and wider efforts to improve cardiovascular health, residents can also borrow blood pressure monitors from East Riding libraries.

Together, the Boditrax scans and blood pressure monitor loans provide residents with practical, easy-to-access tools to better understand their health, monitor changes over time and take positive steps towards a healthier future.

Councillor Nick Coultish, cabinet member for Culture, Leisure and Tourism at East Riding of Yorkshire Council, said: “Boditrax gives residents a fast and convenient way to learn more about their health. By making the service available in libraries and leisure centres, we’re helping more people access the information and support they need to make positive lifestyle changes.”

Information box: Boditrax technology is available at all East Riding Leisure sites and selected libraries, the full list can be found at: www.eastridinglibraries.co.uk/more-than-books/health-zone/boditrax/

From this month, residents will be able to borrow gym equipment from mobile libraries through the new ‘gym in a box’ scheme.