Understanding your body is an important step towards proactive health. Things such as your weight and body mass index (BMI) are good indicators of your overall health, but they don’t tell the full story.
This is where body composition scans come in. Tools such as DXA Body Composition Analysis give a highly detailed breakdown of your body and your risk of developing a number of health conditions in the future.
Understanding DXA body composition analysis
The DXA scan can accurately measure bone density, body fat percentage and lean muscle mass. It is the gold standard for diagnosing osteoporosis, assessing fracture risk and analyzing body fat distribution, including dangerous visceral fat.
It can also monitor your muscle mass, track the progress of weight loss and help to tailor fitness according to your needs.
Why is this important? Because rather than just knowing how much you weigh, a DXA scan shows how your body is composed, giving a detailed understanding of what your weight is made up of.
Who can benefit from a DXA scan?
A DXA Body Composition Analysis can help those who are:
- Managing or monitoring a chronic metabolic condition, such as diabetes or obesity
- Concerned about muscle loss
- On a weight loss journey and want to track fat loss versus muscle loss
- Looking to optimize athletic performance, training or fitness.
With precise and personalized data on your body composition, the scan can guide more informed decisions about diet, exercise and overall management of your health.
What should I expect during and after a DXA scan?
A DXA Body Composition Analysis scan is a fast, painless, non-invasive scan that requires no preparation or fasting.
You lie on a comfortable table for a few minutes while a scanner passes over you.
After the scan, your doctor will have access to a comprehensive report that contains personalized insights and recommendations on the next steps. The report will detail your body fat percentage, fat mass, lean muscle mass and bone density.
These insights can help to identify risks related to obesity (high levels of fat, particularly visceral fat) and osteoporosis (low bone density).
Why choose DXA?
A DXA scan offers a precise, detailed and insightful body composition analysis. It allows you and your doctor to monitor changes over time and take meaningful steps towards managing health conditions, improving fitness or preventing future risks.