Walking into InBody’s Cerritos headquarters feels different from most corporate visits. There’s an energy here that comes from people who genuinely believe in what they’re building. The facility buzzes with quiet confidence, where teams collaborate on technology that has become essential in hospitals, fitness centers, and research facilities across 80 countries.

Brian Galman, Director of Sales, led me through an on-site visit at InBody, sharing the proud work of a group dedicated to solving real problems in healthcare and fitness. While they display prominent user names on plaques in one of the meeting rooms, you’d never know from their humility just how big of a deal InBody really is. 

The InBody Foundation

InBody emerged from frustration with existing bioelectrical impedance analysis technology in the 1990s. Dr. Kichul Cha, a mechanical engineer turned entrepreneur, saw the limitations in available devices and decided to build something better. Traditional BIA technology treated the human body as a single cylinder using one frequency, creating significant accuracy issues. Most devices relied on empirical estimations based on age and gender, which worked for some but failed for others, particularly those who didn’t fit standard body type assumptions.

What started as a mission to perfect body composition analysis has grown into a spectrum of health technology instruments changing how we engage with health. Body composition analysis serves as the foundation, but InBody’s vision extends beyond measuring muscle, fat, and water percentages. The company has developed an entire array of health monitoring and assessment tools.

Rather than making assumptions about users, InBody devices analyze each person’s unique composition. This technology has been validated against gold-standard methods and refined through decades of research and development, creating the bedrock for their expanding product portfolio. But the body composition assessment would just be the beginning of the InBody story. 

Brian explained the three core principles that guide all of InBody’s innovations: educate, empower, and engage. The education component addresses widespread misunderstanding of health technology. Empowerment comes through actionable data that helps people make informed decisions about their health. People need actionable items that guide them, as the information alone isn’t enough to create change. Engagement happens when healthcare providers and fitness professionals use InBody results to create meaningful conversations with patients and clients. 

Whether using the foundational InBody Body Composition Analyzer, Blood Pressure Monitor, Fall Risk Assessment (coming soon), or Body Water Analyzer, InBody leaves no stone unturned in its revolutionary products. 

Building Tomorrow’s Health Technology

Meeting with Brian gave me clear insight as to how InBody tackles the future of health and fitness tech. His background spans twelve years with the company, giving him deep insight into how the technology has evolved and where the industry is heading. He’s watched InBody grow from a small biotech startup to a multinational corporation, yet it remains stable in its desire to innovate and bring the best technology to the people. 

InBody is commited to the future of health monitoring and it’s demonstrated through the constant innovation for new technology that improves the industry’s health outcomes. These innovations include commercial-grade blood pressure monitors designed for high-volume clinical settings, alongside home-use versions that maintain professional-level precision. The InGrip demonstrates the venture into muscle quality assessment, measuring parameters correlated with longevity.

InBody Touch brings intuitive interface design to health screening, while the up and coming Fall Risk Assessment technology addresses critical safety concerns for aging populations. Wearables for health tracking create important touchpoints for continuous health monitoring throughout day-to-day living. 

What distinguishes InBody is its approach to building interconnected health solutions. Each device contributes to a broader understanding of human health metrics. Whether through body composition fundamentals, or specialized assessments like muscle quality and fall risk. The company has positioned itself as a leader, capturing data across multiple health dimensions and creating an overall picture that single-purpose devices or companies cannot compete with.

Final Thoughts

Tech companies typically measure success through funding rounds, acquisition news, and social media momentum. InBody takes a different approach, focusing on creating a breadth of technology that assists people in improving their health outcomes across a myriad of sectors. Their Cerritos headquarters reflects this mindset, as seen by the teams’ concentration on developing and refining interconnected solutions that create comprehensive wellness assessments. 

InBody’s journey shows how building on strong foundations enables expansion into new frontiers. Dr. Cha built InBody with the care of what Brian calls “his third child”. This long-term vision enables deep investment into research and development that produces breakthrough technology. InBody’s measured approach to expanding health technology exemplifies the value of staying true to core principles while pushing forward into the greater expansion of tools for a healthier future.  

About Elisa Edelstein
Elisa is a curious and versatile writer, carving her niche in the health and wellness industry since 2015. Her lens is rooted in real world experience as a personal trainer and competitive bodybuilder and extended out of the gym and on to the page as a writer where she is able to combine her passions for empowering others, promoting wellness, and the power of the written word.