How can I learn about my body composition?

[Text on screen: The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
How can I learn about my body composition?]

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[Text on screen: Sarah Wick, RD, CSSD
Registered Sports Dietitian
Ohio State Wexner Medical Center]

Sarah Wick, RD, CSSD: One of the services we offer in the Sports Nutrition Program at the Jameson Crane Sports Med Institute is the ability for you to understand your body composition. 

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These are just data points on your lean mass, how much muscle mass you have, how much fat mass you have, your visceral adipose tissue, comparing your muscle mass and your fat mass to right and left side of the body. This is an opportunity if you are working to increase your lean mass or coming back from injury, this DEXA machine will be able to, in three minutes, 

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offer you the information that you need so you have that data to build on whatever your goals are.

[Text on screen: The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
For more information, visit: go.osu.edu/sportsnutrition]

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