Body Composition Testing Body Fat Analysis helps to determine your muscle mass in comparison to your body fat. Maintaining muscle mass is very important to daily wellness and overall health – especially if you are attempting to repair damaged tissue or recover from a serious injury. A bad muscle to fat ratio can actually be detrimental to an injured body. When it comes to tracking your overall health, most of us rely on the scale to tell us whether we've lost or gained weight. But, this isn't the best way to keep track of your weight. A scale measures everything including muscle, fat, bones, and what you ate or drank that day. It doesn't tell you what you really need to know: how much fat do you have? And the answer to that can be crucial to an effective and efficient recovery. Body composition is simply the ratio of lean body mass to fat body mass. Too much fat can not only hinder your body from healing, it can lead to health problems like heart disease, diabetes, high cholesterol and other serious conditions. If you keep your body fat within a reasonable level, you'll be healthier and, of course, slimmer.