MRI Fat Scan
Even skinny minnies may have a high percentage of harmful body fat.
“You can appear slim but have lots of fat around and inside your organs, which increases your risk of type 2 diabetes and heart disease,” says Jimmy Bell, Ph.D., a scientist at London’s Medical Research Council.
A new MRI “fat scan” can detect how much of the bad stuff you’re storing and where.
Though most newer MRI machines are capable of measuring fat, only three centers – in Dallas, New York, and San Diego – are using them just for this purpose, and currently only for research.
Scientists are hoping to determine what factors — genetic and environmental — make some people more likely to store fat internally. [via]
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