Figure 1. Regions of trunk fat, android (A) fat, and arm and leg fat as assessed by DXA.

The trunk region is defined as the area between an upper horizontal border below the chin and a lower border formed by oblique lines passing through the hip joints. The android (A) region is defined as the area between a lower boundary at the pelvis cut and an upper boundary above the pelvis that is 20% of the distance between the pelvis and the neck cuts.