About GW Metabolism and Exercise Testing Service
George Washington University’s Metabolism and Exercise Testing Service offers a DXA body-composition assessment. Results include fat and lean tissue, regional measurements, visceral fat and bone information.
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Offering
DXA Body Composition
$200
one-time
Body composition
A university-based body-composition scan with a staff results walkthrough.
What’s included
Included
Body-fat mass and percentage from the body-composition scan.
Lean tissue estimates, reported separately from body fat.
Body-composition results broken down by arms, legs and trunk.
A scanner-software estimate of fat around the abdominal organs.
Whole-body bone density from a composition scan. It does not replace a dedicated diagnostic bone-density exam.
Results
- Results
- Receive a report of your body-composition measurements.
Help
Results walkthrough
IncludedStaff explain your measurements and answer questions.
Locations
Book an appointment and pay at the visit; insurance is not accepted.
Stories
A GW testing customer
A previous DEXA report helped frame the discussion
This customer brought an earlier DEXA report to GW’s sports-science lab for comparison. They valued the technician’s explanation of how differences in scan settings could affect the readings, giving context beyond a single body-fat number.
reddit.comDixon Hemphill
Seeing what years of running looked like in measured results
At 91, runner Dixon visited GW’s Exercise and Nutrition Sciences lab for a 2016 television report. A DEXA scan and exercise test assessed his body composition and aerobic fitness separately, showing unusually strong results for his age.
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