BMD
Accurate measurement of body composition provides valuable information for assessing, monitoring and treating a variety of diseases and disorders. Most people are used to stepping on a scale before every visit to a doctor’s examining room. But monitoring patients’ weight – while helpful – is at best a crude and imprecise way to assess their health.
Today’s body composition measurement tools provide far more complete and precise information that can help support diagnoses and guide treatment. They can even help athletes make decisions on the training regimens they use to achieve the best performance.
Body composition measurement with dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) can look beyond weight and the traditional body mass index (BMI) to determine body fat distribution – an important risk factor in a variety of serious diseases.
