An apparatus has a first electrode group (1) including at least one
electrode and arranged on the abdominal surface of a subject (human) with
the navel of the subject serving as a reference position, a second
electrode group (2) including at least one electrode and arranged on the
back surface of the subject, a third electrode group (3) including at
least two electrodes and arranged on the surface of the subject at an
intermediate position between the first and second electrode groups (1,
2), and a controller (8) to supply a current between an electrode
selected from the first electrode group (1) and an electrode selected
from the second electrode group (2), measure a voltage generated between
two electrodes of the third electrode group (3), and compute an abdominal
fat quantity of the subject according to the measured voltage.