Peter Attia· MD
so i think that when it comes to body comp i think what we want to really focus on is what fraction of the body is lean mass and what are we doing to maintain lean mass as we age so that's something where we look at dexa scans
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so i think that when it comes to body comp i think what we want to really focus on is what fraction of the body is lean mass and what are we doing to maintain lean mass as we age so that's something where we look at dexa scans
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the maintenance of lean body mass if not the increase in lean body mass is a very important pillar of living a healthy life