Total Body Composition AnalysisFresno, CA
The Central Valley’s Only Body Composition Analysis with the Leading GE DXA Scanner
Total body scans with DEXA provide accurate and precise measurements of total body and regional bone mineral density and body composition, including bone mineral content, lean tissue mass, fat tissue mass, and percentage fat.
At Optimal Medical Group, we are committed to helping you understand how diet, lifestyle, and exercise can change your body. Using the latest technology in the region, you will get a precise analysis of your total body composition and visualize bone, fat, and muscle. This total body composition will help you better understand your body and overall health.
Understand how diet, lifestyle and exercise can change your body with a body composition analysis.
Get precise analysis of your total body composition and visualize bone, fat and muscle and how your body has changed over time, to help you better understand your body and overall health.
Why Consider a DXA body composition test?
- Tests are fast and non-invasive
- Typical scan time 6-8 mins
- Very low dose (exposure from one 6-8min scan is less than the equivalent of one day’s natural background radiation)
- Results automatically processed and available instantly
How much is the test?
Body Composition Analysis is included in our Comprehensive Age Management Program and BHRT Membership Program but sometimes, our patients just want the individual tests.
Total Body Comp for $250
Total Body Comp with DEXA/Bone Mineral Density $350
If you aren’t measuring your progress, you don’t know the progress you’re making!
As Seen on the Today Show with Matt Lauer
On the NBC Today Show, Matt Lauer demonstrated how you can take care of yourself with a full-body scan, using the GE Lunar iDXA system. The scan takes about 7 minutes, uses low-dose radiation, and provides a wealth of information including indicators for high blood pressure, diabetes, and heart disease.
The same body composition analysis you may have traveled to Beverly Hills or San Francisco to receive is now available in the Central Valley exclusively at Optimal Medical Group
Body composition measurements with dualenergy x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) can, with accuracy and precision, look beyond weight and traditional body mass index (BMI) to determine and monitor the distribution of body fat, bone, and lean muscle mass.
Factors that lead to weight gain
People of all backgrounds are concerned about maintaining a healthy weight. There are numerous diet plans and exercise routines that people follow to try to get in shape. People gain weight by eating excessively and not exercising enough to burn the calories they consume. Diets high in fat and sugar can cause a person to put on extra pounds.
A sedentary lifestyle can also make it difficult for a person to keep off the weight. Other factors such as stress, illnesses and genetics can also contribute to obesity.
Methods to combat being overweight
There are far too many diet ideas and exercise regimens to list. People try to avoid consuming a large variety of foods to shed pounds. Different workouts such as running, lifting weights, swimming and cycling can also burn calories and help the person to lose the weight they want.
There are also surgical procedures such as gastric bypass operations to consider. However, we recommend that people seek all non-surgical options before considering any form of surgery.
Using BMI
Body mass index is a method our team may use when assessing a patient’s health. Our general practitioner will take the mass and height of the person to come up with a figure. Specifically, the formula is body mass divided by the square of the body height.
There is a standard calculator for both men and women. At a certain point along with the measurements, a person will be deemed overweight, obese, underweight or of average weight.
Using total body composition
One of the criticisms of BMI is that this measurement compares people to a single standard that may not be in line with their wellness goals. Total body composition, on the other hand, distinguishes between fat, minerals, protein and water in a person’s body. This measurement compares fat mass versus lean tissue.
It takes body fat as well as the distribution of it throughout the body into account. For example, higher fat in some places put the person at higher risk for health problems. Dr. Juan Chavez, MD, Dr. Lucia Mireles-Chavez, MD, and our team can provide this measurement for patients who are worried about their well-being.
Consequences of composition issues
Healthy young men have a body fat percentage of 12 percent to 15 percent, while those figures are between 25 percent and 28 percent for healthy young women. When body fat is too high, the person should visit Optimal Medical Group and talk to our general practitioner. High percentages can lead to health concerns such as high blood pressure, heart disease, cancer or diabetes. Excess fat can also cause joint pain.
When to seek help
Getting a measurement of one’s total body composition is not always typical at a doctor’s visit. Still, individual patients must know where their levels are. Patients should visit our general practitioner and ask to measure body composition if they are feeling lethargic, continue to gain weight each year or notice increases in fat around the belly.
It may also be helpful for people to find out the total composition before beginning a weight loss plan.
Discover the right way to a healthier lifestyle
There are many methods you can use to lose weight, increase muscle mass and achieve your health and wellness goals. Weighing yourself is helpful, but it will not tell you the entire story. While BMI may be effective, total body composition is a comprehensive measurement to tell you what is in your body. Join the other people in Fresno who have visited with us to get an accurate health assessment.
Call us today at 559-425-1118 and schedule an appointment with our practitioner so you can find out your body fat percentage and muscle mass.
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