A whole-body scan is a great way to establish your baseline health and fitness
level.
Follow up scans will measure your fat mass or lean muscle mass changes, over time,
against the baseline test.
Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry (DXA) scans provide a state-of-the-art way to assess body composition. This is achieved by performing a whole-body scan.
A whole-body scan will provide you with the following information:
- Lean Muscle Mass
- Fat Mass
- Total Fat Mass Index (FMI), superior to Body Mass Index (BMI)
- Total Body % Fat
- Visceral Adipose Tissue (VAT) – this is the type of fat around internal organs that can be associated with medical disorders
- A Whole-Body Bone Mineral Density (BMD) - this provides you with the total bone mass and BMD, however, it cannot provide a diagnosis of osteoporosis. The test for osteoporosis should follow World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines which apply to the hip, lumbar spine and forearm. Applying the WHO criterion to the whole-body BMD will underestimate the prevalence of osteoporosis
Whole-Body Scan Pricing
The whole-body scan is not covered by Saskatchewan Health Services. The cost for the
test is $90 and you will receive a full colour copy of your results as well as an
interpretation guideline.
These results should be interpreted by, and discussed with your family physician.
These results should be interpreted by, and discussed with your family physician.
$
90