WHAT IS BODY COMPOSITION ANALYSIS?

Look beyond the mirror and past the scale.

You’ll learn your body’s percentages of fat and fat-free mass. Body composition testing (percent fat and lean) reflects the results of both physical activity and nutritional practices. Body weight alone can be very misleading. No scale can tell the difference between a pound of fat and a pound of muscle. Further, BMI is a crude measurement tool that can also mislead. Because the BOD POD is highly accurate, it detects small changes in body fat and lean body mass (i.e., muscle, bones and organs). Over time, people can gain fat and lose muscle, without an obvious change in their weight. Excess body fat has been found to increase the risk of diseases such as cancer, diabetes, and heart disease. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has declared obesity an epidemic, over half of adult Americans either overweight or obese (having excess body fat). This test is the ultimate tool for tracking your progress because it reliably tells you how much lean muscle you have gained and how much fat you have lost.

Only by accurately measuring body composition will you learn the amount of fat and lean tissue that makes up your weight, enabling sensible decisions regarding nutrition, sports nutrition and exercise programs. It’s the best way to get the “whole picture” of what’s really going on in your body.