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Body scans are not the science you are looking for

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Body scans are not the science you are looking for
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A funny thing about DXA (or DEXA) body scans is that they were not originally designed to tell anyone how much body fat they had. Their original (and continued) purpose is to measure bone density, which helps check for conditions like osteoporosis. But at some point, gyms realized that these scanners do give ~a~ percentage of body fat (however unreliable, but more on that in a moment), which meant they could set them up in the gym lobby and charge people $100 per ride.

Don’t pay a hundred dollars for this, or even seventy-five dollars. Why?

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