Although there are many methods for detecting accumulated fat in the body, the Dexa Scan is a high-resolution method for detecting accumulated fat throughout the body, as well as knowing your muscle mass and checking your bone density' Dr.Kobkullaya Cheungprasertsri, the director of Phyathai 2 Premier life Center have explained additionally that Dexa Scan allows us to know the amount of fat in each part. How many kilograms or grams of muscle mass does each limb have? How many kilograms or grams of muscle mass does each arm have? Which part should be exercised to increase or decrease which part? This is to design the pattern of exercise that suit the total amount of fat in the body. For females, the waist circumference should not exceed ≥80 cm. and for males, it should not exceed ≥90 cm. Many people may not recognize that the amount of fat in the abdomen or what we call "belly", indicating fat hanging around the intestines, and fat within the abdominal organs, which if there is a lot, the risk of cancer and dementia increases.
How Dexa Scan function?
It works by using X-ray waves to scan from the outside to the inside, namely fat, muscles and bones. The main thing is to see how much bone density there is. It's a scan of the whole body to find the middle value of how much bone mass that person has. But what we will get more from Dexa Scan is that we will get fat and muscle values as well. This allows you to know in details what amount of fat that person has. How many are there?
Find fat in more details with Dexa Scan
If you want to measure body fat, an easy way is to find the BMI value. A BMI of 18-23 is considered normal, if it is 25 or more it is considered to be at a certain level of obesity. But this calculation still does not indicate enough details. Some person with a BMI of 23 can still be fat, meaning it might be in the belly. Therefore, in order to measure in details how much bone density is in one person or which fat layer has a lot of fat, Dexa Scan will scan to show images of the entire body.
Design healthcare individually
For people with not significant amount of fat, we will look at which parts of the body have a lot of fat. The exercise designed for each person is different, and in more details, being able to know the specific weight of each part. For example, how much does each forearm weigh? Because in some people left arm and right arm’s weight are not equal. Some people are left-handed and the muscles on their left side are bigger. You may need to lift weights on your right arm to balance the weight of the muscles.
Do you know fat belly increase the risk of cancer?
What's even better is the fat we see on abdominal scans. If there is a lot, it will show internal fat, which can damage the body Research has come out that having a lot of fat in the abdominal cavity increase the risk both cancer and dementia because fat can make the body more inflamed. Some people have menstrual irregularities due to abdominal fat causing hormonal imbalance. Some people have insulin resistance because all organs and hormones are related to obesity.

Bone density test help us learn “osteoporosis” which is the another advantage of Dexa scan
Some people think that they can wait until they get older and then come to check bone mass However, for people at risk such as people who take steroid medicine, have a genetic risk for bone abnormalities or feel that there is a rustling sound while exercising. The bones break easily when fall only a little. Screening to know before bone deterioration is necessary for people at risk for these conditions.
Anti-aging is a matter of health, which, of course each person’s awareness is different. Today, an easy way is just using measuring tape to measure your belly circumference. If women are more than 90 centimeters and men are more than 80 centimeters, that is, they are beginning to gain belly fat. It's time for you to take a look at your fat in details to eliminate them completely in a correct and healthy way, increase the brain's potential to have good memory, and stay away from cancer!”

Dr.Kobkullaya Cheungprasertsri
The director of Phyathai 2 Premier life Center  
Premier Life Center, Phyathai 2 Hospital