Functional Medicine
Individualized Data, Personalized Treatment
With our medically validated body composition analyzers, you gain the insights needed to make well-informed and effective therapeutic decisions.
Modern medicine enables innovative strategies to address age-related conditions, support longevity, and improve overall health. Functional and integrative approaches aim to uncover and treat root causes—rather than just symptoms—while promoting whole-person wellness. Body composition analysis complements these therapies by delivering actionable insights that support longer, healthier lives.
Key Markers for Optimizing Health and Longevity
Increasing muscle mass and cellular health, decreasing fat mass, and maintaining healthy water ratios are core parameters key to helping maintain a youthful appearance and energy levels. The ability to track data and get feedback on body composition is vital to maintaining patient motivation and commitment to treatments designed to prevent disease and optimize wellness.
Clinical Precision in Body Composition Monitoring
seca’s body composition analyzers provide the perfect tool to quickly, accurately, and comfortably give the patient and practitioner access to the data they need to stay on track and monitor progress throughout the treatment journey.
Comprehensive Care through Every Stage
Elevate your functional and integrative medicine practice with advanced body composition analysis. Deliver precise, science-backed insights into fat mass, muscle quality, and cellular health to guide personalized care, strengthen patient engagement, and support healthy aging and longevity.
Prevention
Lay the groundwork for personalized, systems-based care by capturing each patient’s body composition baseline. Trends in fat mass, muscle mass, and water balance can reveal underlying imbalances before symptoms arise, helping you intervene earlier and with greater precision.
Treatment
In functional medicine, the focus is on root causes—not just symptoms. Whether addressing metabolic syndrome, hormone imbalance, or chronic inflammation, tracking body composition ensures interventions like nutrition, supplements, or medication are driving fat loss, preserving muscle, and improving cellular health & longevity.
Management
Chronic conditions require long-term strategies rooted in whole-person care. Ongoing body composition analysis enables you to monitor response to treatment, adapt protocols, and maintain patient engagement by showing visible, measurable changes beyond the number on the scale.
Videos and Media
Validated Formula to Ensure Success of Hormone Therapy
Gary Donovitz, MD, founder and CEO of BioTE Medical describes the importance of validated medical body composition analysis with the seca medical body composition analyzer during hormone therapy.
Real Feedback | Real Customers – Dr. Christine James, ND, Sound Medical Weight Loss & Aesthetics
See How Functional Medicine Providers are Using seca's Body Composition Analysis Solutions
Goal: Prevent change in body composition of menopausal women
Felice Gersh of the Integrative Medical Group of Irvine, CA declares her goal to prevent changes in body composition of menopausal women by utilizing seca's medical body composition analyzers
Building a Roadmap to a Healthy Lifestyle
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Let's Be Real. Weight & Height Alone Aren't Enough.
Beyond Weight & Height: Medically Validated Body Composition You Can Trust
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Personalized Health Plans Powered by Science, Not Guesswork
Health Uncensored with Dr. Drew
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Why do Age, Gender and Ethnicity Matter in Body Composition Measurement?
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Medical Validation of the seca Body Composition Analyzers
Watch to learn more about our validations.
KEY BODY COMPOSITION METRICS FOR FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE
Fat Mass Percentage
Fat Mass Percentage offers a clearer view of metabolic burden than BMI or weight alone. In functional medicine, tracking fat percentage helps assess how diet, detox, and hormone therapies improve metabolic flexibility, reduce inflammation, and slow biological aging for better longevity outcomes.
Visceral Adipose Tissue
Visceral Adipose Tissue (VAT) is a key marker in longevity care. Unlike subcutaneous fat, VAT is pro-inflammatory and linked to aging and chronic disease. Functional medicine tracks VAT to assess risk and guide interventions like fasting, nutrition, and stress support to reduce burden and restore balance.
Skeletal Muscle Mass over age
Muscle is a vital sign in longevity medicine. This trendline shows how skeletal muscle declines with age, driving frailty and metabolic decline. Functional medicine tracks SMM to detect early sarcopenia and guide interventions like strength training, protein intake, and anabolic support to slow aging.
Segmental Skeletal Muscle Mass
Segmental SMM reveals imbalances tied to injury, inflammation, or neurologic issues. Muscle quality by region reflects insulin sensitivity and mobility. Functional medicine uses this data to personalize movement plans, guide rehab, and support neuromuscular aging and longevity.
Water Ratio
The ECW/TBW ratio reflects fluid balance and cellular health. Elevated levels suggest inflammation, poor drainage, or tissue decline. Functional medicine uses this marker to guide hydration, assess gut or systemic inflammation, and track progress from detox, mitochondrial, and anti-inflammatory therapies.
Phase Angle
Phase Angle reflects cellular integrity and resilience—lower values signal illness and frailty, while higher values indicate vitality and longer healthspan. Functional medicine tracks phase angle to monitor response to root-cause treatments like fasting, NAD+ therapy, peptides, and nutrient support.
Body Composition Chart
The BCC maps fat and muscle mass independent of BMI, helping functional medicine providers track shifts like fat loss, muscle gain, or sarcopenia. It's a key tool for assessing how lifestyle interventions support longevity, vitality, and healthier body composition over time.
BMI
BMI is a basic screening tool, but it lacks detail on fat, muscle, and inflammation. In functional medicine, it’s used alongside body composition analysis to uncover the root causes of metabolic, inflammatory, and hormonal imbalances that impact healthspan and longevity.
Meet the Treatment Tracker
Support whole-person health with data that reflects real change. The Treatment Tracker helps you visualize how treatments impact body composition, inflammation, and cellular health—so you can fine-tune longevity protocols and optimize patient vitality over time.
Set Targets & Track Goals
Set personalized goals around inflammation, fat mass, and muscle health. Use trend data to optimize vitality and support long-term wellness.
Visualize Changes Alongside Treatments
Track shifts in muscle, fat, and phase angle across detox, peptides, fasting, or mitochondrial protocols for precise feedback.
A Clearer View of Current Body Composition
Reveal what’s happening beneath the surface. Segmental muscle, extra cellular water & total body water, and phase angle bring cellular health into clinical focus.
Adjust Treatment Plans
See how the body responds to anti-inflammatory therapies, nutrient repletion, or hormonal balancing—then adapt accordingly.
Enhance Shared Decision-Making
Bring patients into the process with intuitive visuals that reinforce biofeedback and build trust in your root-cause approach.
