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The Ultimate Guide to Calculating BMI

With over 90 years’ experience in providing accurate and reliable weighing scales, including 50 years of supplying UK medical weighing scales, Marsden is here to answer all your questions regarding Body Mass Index with our ultimate guide to calculating BMI.

How Weighing Scales Can Help Breweries and Distilleries

When it comes to distilling and brewing, scales can be as vital to the process as hops or grains.

World Records for the Heaviest Pets

Everybody loves pets, but these owners got a little more than they were expecting when their pets grew to be world record holders for the heaviest pets and the biggest of their breeds!

Is a Washdown Scale Relevant for Your Industry?

There are many industries that require weighing scales, but operate in dirty and damp locations.

Pallet Truck Scales: Why Portability Can Improve Your Efficiency

Pallet scales are essential for just about any industry.

5 Ways You Can Use Body Composition Scales to Increase Member Retention

In 2019, the total number of gym memberships in the UK broke 10 million.

Introducing the Rollboard: An Ingenious Alternative to Slide Sheets

A rollboard is designed to improve lateral transfer for both the patient and healthcare staff.

How Often Should I Weigh Myself?

How often have you asked yourself this question?

What Is a Healthy Weight for My Rabbit?

The weight of your rabbit should stay reasonably consistent once they are an adult.

6 washdown scales benefits for food and drink weighing

Washdown scales are a popular choice for the food and drinks industry.

Stand assist: The new M-250 can help improve patient care

This month we unveiled our new M-250 with stand assist: a revolutionary scale with ergonomic design to ease patients from a sitting to standing position.

Is my cat overweight? 5 Ways to make sure your cat is a healthy weight

Are you asking yourself questions like “is my cat overweight?” or “is my cat healthy?”

Why is Protein Mass important?

Marsden’s body composition scales were updated this year, with new measurements that provide an even better picture of body health.

Patient Transfer Scale: 8 best practice steps for weighing immobile patients

The Patient Transfer Scale is so easy to use when you need a quick weight for immobile patients, because it’s used in just the same way as you would a transfer board or transfer slide.

Best practice: How to get a patient out of a wheelchair

Chair scales are a popular choice for weighing patients in care homes, nursing homes and hospitals.