Smart scales track changes in your muscle mass, body fat percentage and other health metrics — but how do they work?

That said, smart scales should not be treated as diagnostic devices. For the most accurate body composition measurements, the gold standard would be a DEXA scan (dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry ...

DEXA or DXA stands for “Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry,” which is a type of bone density technology. The DEXA machine takes a picture of your bones and calculates their density. Physicians commonly ...

On the T-score scale, 0 represents normal ... meaning it is an X-ray diagnosis and doesn’t imply anything about the cause of osteoporosis. If your T-score is below -1, you should get a central DEXA ...

Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA, or formerly DEXA) is a technique used to measure bone mineral density (BMD). The preferred regions for BMD measurement are lumbar spine, proximal femur and whole ...