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Home&Lifestyle Magazine | Summer 2016 49
Ever wondered
about your body
fat percentage?
If you are starting a new exercise or
weight loss challenge, it is crucial to
measure your progress accurately.
A DEXA Body Composition Scan at
Riverside BodyScan takes 15 minutes and
will pin point your baseline health status.
Call 02 4323 9200
to book your scan.
FAT MASS
LEAN MASS
BONE MASS
80.0 kg total mass
20.8 kg fat mass
56.3 kg lean mass
2.9 kg bone mass
26.0% body fat
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DEXA - A new tool for measuring body
composition & dangerous fat By Angus Steventon
It’s no surprise the Australian weight
loss industry generates approximately
$614 million in revenue each year,
when approximately 64% of Australians
are overweight or obese. Expensive gym
memberships, personal training sessions,
protein powders, fat burners and other
costly concoctions are just some of the
methods you might try. Yet after a few
weeks of exercise and disciplined eating
you’ve only dropped a paltry 1 kg on the
bathroom scales! What is going on there?
The motivation wavers— doubt slips in.
Was it worth all the pain? Was anything
achieved?
Thankfully, the Central Coast has a
new tool that can show exactly what you
are achieving when you set about losing
weight. A DEXA scan can tell you your
body composition— your exact body fat
percentage, how many kilos of fat you are
losing, and how many kilograms of muscle
you are gaining. It turns out your scales lied
to you! You didn’t lose just 1 kg of fat, after
all. You actually lost 3 kg of fat and gained
2 kg of muscle! That’s certainly a lot more
motivating!
Obesity statistics are shocking. Around
4% of cancers in men and 7% in women are
directly attributable to obesity. The most
dangerous of this fat is the abdominal
“visceral fat”, which is the “hidden fat” you
can’t see or grab that lurks around your
organs. A DEXA scan can tell you exactly
how much of this dangerous fat you have, so
that you can set about reducing it, thereby
decreasing your risk for not only cancer,
but also diabetes, heart disease and even
Alzheimer’s disease.
A DEXA scan and subsequent consultation
with our Accredited Practising Dietitian and
Sports Nutritionist will give you a detailed
report, outlining your:
• Body fat percentage
• Muscle mass
• Bone weight and density
• Visceral (abdominal) fat
• Metabolic rate (how many calories you
consume, each day, at rest)
Our Sports Nutritionist will work with you
to put together the food you need to fuel
your body to be working at its best. The DEXA
scan provides a snapshot of where you are
now, to educate and motivate you on your
journey towards health and wellness.
Angus Steventon received his Bachelor
of Medical Science (Anatomy & Physiology)
from Sydney University in 1998, his Master of
Chiropractic from Macquarie University in 2000
and his Certificate of Completion in Clinical Bone
Densitometry in 2015. He is one of the directors
of Central Coast Spinal Care Centre, Riverside
Medical Imaging & Riverside BodyScan. He has
a special interest in spinal pain, osteoarthritis,
osteoporosis and body composition analysis.