DEXA Body Composition Scan 

Lunar Prodigy™ Advance DEXA technology by GE HealthCare offers a quick, painless, and noninvasive way to better understand your overall health and track changes over time.

Body composition scanning precisely measures:

• Lean Tissue: The ratio of lean muscle mass that forms the foundation of vitality.
• Fat Tissue Mass: Your fat tissue mass, providing critical insights into overall health and potential risk factors.
• Fat Percentage: Your body’s fat percentage, uncovering the deeper aspects of your health.
• Bone Mineral Density: Accurate measurements of your bone mineral density, crucial for longevity and mobility.

DEXA Body Composition Scanning Benefits

Weight fluctuates for a number of reasons, and BMI doesn’t take muscle mass, bone density, and other factors into account. Body composition scanning is a quick, convenient way to gain invaluable insights into your overall health through an in-depth, clinically proven analysis.

With precise measurement of your body composition, a DEXA scan has several benefits:

• Total body fat percentage and amount of lean body mass
• Total amount of fat in relation to height
• Visceral adipose tissue (VAT), a component of total body fat, to measure the amount of internal abdominal fat around the organs (as opposed to subcutaneous fat, which is beneath the skin) and help determine risk of cardiovascular and metabolic disease
• Android (apple shape) to gynoid (pear shape) ratio to determine where fat is stored, around the mid-section or the hips
• Fat free mass index (FFMI), the amount of body mass that consists of muscle, bone, organs, and connective tissue
• Skeletal muscle mass (SMM), the total amount of skeletal muscle, and skeletal muscle mass percentage DEXA body composition scanning is a precise, valuable tool to assess and manage health and wellness effectively
• Appendicular lean mass to height ratio, the amount of lean mass in the arms and legs in relation to height
• Appendicular lean mass to BMI ratio, the amount of lean mass in the arms and legs in relation to body mass index
• Resting metabolic rate (RMR), the number of calories the body needs to maintain current mass under resting conditions
• Bone density to determine how dense the bones are and the risk of osteoporosis and osteopenia

After the scan, a detailed, multipage report is generated with percentages, mass, and images showcasing all the data that’s been gathered. Your Executive Health team will help you understand your scan results and how they relate to your overall health. They also will suggest any necessary actions or treatments.