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Understanding Body Composition Scans in Weight Loss
Body Composition Scans: What They Show, Who Should Get One, and Why It Matters on GLP-1s
Nurse Practitioner Sophie at TMA explains how body composition scans provide more useful information than a scale by showing where weight loss is coming from, including lean muscle mass, visceral fat around the organs, and total body fat. She describes using scans to track changes over time, especially for patients on GLP-1 medications, with the goal of losing fat without losing muscle. Sophie shares a patient example of a fit middle-aged woman on Ozempic with a low BMI whose scan revealed very low muscle…
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