Type
DEXA Scan
Duration
30 min
Cooper Clinic offers DEXA-based body composition analysis and bone density scanning as part of its preventive evaluation suite. The scan precisely quantifies lean muscle mass, total and regional body fat percentage, visceral fat volume, and bone mineral density — data that guide nutrition and exercise prescriptions and establish an objective baseline for tracking long-term health progress in Dallas, TX.
About this treatment
DEXA (Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry) scanning is the gold standard for body composition measurement and bone mineral density assessment, and Cooper Clinic incorporates this technology into its broader preventive medicine offering in Dallas. Unlike BMI — which conflates fat, muscle, and bone — a DEXA scan generates a precise regional breakdown: total body fat percentage, lean mass in each limb, visceral adipose tissue volume around the organs, and bone…
Visceral fat is of particular clinical interest because it correlates more strongly with cardiovascular disease, metabolic syndrome, and type 2 diabetes risk than subcutaneous fat. Cooper's physicians use the DEXA results alongside the laboratory panel and CT findings to construct a multi-dimensional cardiovascular and metabolic risk profile, then translate that profile into highly specific exercise frequency, intensity, and type recommendations — a core…
Bone mineral density results are evaluated against age- and sex-matched norms, flagging osteopenia or osteoporosis that may be completely asymptomatic. For patients in their 40s and beyond, early identification of bone density loss opens a window for dietary calcium and vitamin D optimisation, weight-bearing exercise programming, and where appropriate, pharmacological intervention before fracture risk becomes clinically significant. The scan itself takes…
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Available as an add-on to the preventive exam; pricing on application