Chapter 1. Introduction to Body Composition and
Assessment
Timothy G. Lohman, PhD; Laurie A. Milliken, PhD, FACSM; and Luis B.
Sardinha, PhD
Errors in Body Composition Measurement and Assessment
Validation and Cross-Validation Studies
Body Composition Terms and Concepts
Summary
Chapter 2. Body Composition Models and Reference Methods
Jennifer W. Bea, PhD; Kirk Cureton, PhD, FACSM; Vinson Lee, MS; and
Laurie A. Milliken, PhD, FACSM
Levels of Human Body Composition
Models of Human Body Composition
Total Body Potassium Counting and Neutron Activation Analysis
Imaging Methods
Summary
Chapter 3. Body Composition Laboratory Methods
Robert M. Blew, MS; Luis B. Sardinha, PhD; and Laurie A. Milliken,
PhD, FACSM
Densitometry
Total Body Water
Total Body Potassium Counting
Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry
Ultrasound
Summary
Chapter 4. Body Composition Field Methods
Leslie Jerome Brandon, PhD, FACSM; Laurie A. Milliken, PhD, FACSM;
Robert M. Blew, MS; and Timothy G. Lohman, PhD
Skinfolds
Circumferences
Bioelectric Impedance Analysis
Use of Weight and Height Indexes to Estimate Body Composition
Summary
Chapter 5. Assessing Measurement Error
Vinson Lee, MS; Leslie Jerome Brandon, PhD, FACSM; and Timothy G.
Lohman, PhD
Types of Measurement Error
Intra- and Interobserver TEM/CV of Various Body Composition
Measurement Methods
Reducing Error Associated With Field Methods
Summary
Chapter 6. Estimation of Minimum Weight
Timothy G. Lohman, PhD; and Kirk Cureton, PhD, FACSM
Estimating Minimum Weight in Wrestlers
Laboratory Methods for Estimating Minimum Weight
Field Methods for Estimating Minimum Weight
Summary
Chapter 7. Applying Body Composition Methods to Specific
Populations
Jennifer W. Bea, PhD; Timothy G. Lohman, PhD; and Laurie A.
Milliken, PhD, FACSM
Laboratory Methods
Field Methods
Summary
Chapter 8. Body Composition Applications
Vanessa Risoul-Salas, MSc, RD; Alba Reguant-Closa, MS, RD; Luis B.
Sardinha, PhD; Margaret Harris, PhD; Timothy G. Lohman, PhD;
Nuwanee Kirihennedige, MS, RD; and Nanna Lucia Meyer, PhD,
FACSM
Nutritional Status
Competitive Sports and Exercise Training
Body Composition and Eating Disorders
Body Composition and Weight Loss
Body Composition, Chronic Disease, and Aging
Other Applications
Summary
The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), founded in
1954, is the largest sports medicine and exercise science
organization in the world. With more than 50,000 members and
certified professionals worldwide, ACSM is dedicated to improving
health through science, education, and medicine. ACSM members work
in a range of medical specialties, allied health professions, and
scientific disciplines. Members are committed to the diagnosis,
treatment, and prevention of sport-related injuries and the
advancement of the science of exercise. The ACSM promotes and
integrates scientific research, education, and practical
applications of sports medicine and exercise science to maintain
and enhance physical performance, fitness, health, and quality of
life.
Timothy G. Lohman, PhD, is a professor emeritus at the
University of Arizona and is widely considered a leading scientist
in the field of body composition assessment. His research includes
serving as principal investigator (PI) of both the TAAG (Trial of
Activity for Adolescent Girls) study—a collaborative multicenter
study focused on physical activity of adolescent girls—and the Bone
Estrogen Strength Training (BEST) study. He was co-PI of the
Pathways Study, a collaborative study (by the National Heart, Lung,
and Blood Institute; four field centers; and a coordinating center)
designed to prevent obesity in Native American children. Lohman
served as a consultant to the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI)
Vanguard Center and Health ABC study of long-term aging, and he was
an advisor on youth fitness for the Cooper Institute. He previously
served as the director of the Center for Physical Activity and
Nutrition at the University of Arizona. He is a member of the
American College of Sports Medicine.
Lohman’s additional works, published by Human Kinetics, include his
co-edited Human Body Composition, Second Edition; his authored
monograph, “Advances in Body Composition Assessment”; and his
co-edited Anthropometric Standardization Reference Manual. His
research in body composition helped to establish the chemical
immaturity of children using the multicomponent model.
Laurie A. Milliken, PhD, FACSM, is an associate professor
and former chair of the exercise and health sciences department at
the University of Massachusetts at Boston. In the New England
chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine (NEACSM), she
has served as a state representative, an executive committee
member, the Continuing Education Committee chair, and president,
and she has been an active member since 1998. Nationally, she has
served on the ACSM Research Awards Committee and is also an
editorial board member of ACSM’s Health & Fitness Journal. She is
currently a peer reviewer for leading scientific journals such as
Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, the Journal of Applied
Physiology, and the European Journal of Applied Physiology. She has
been a member of ACSM since 1994 and has presented her research at
many annual meetings. Her research interests include the regulation
of body composition in response to exercise throughout the
lifespan. She has received NIH funding for her work and is also a
fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine.
"This is the only current, comprehensive review of body composition
that has been published in nearly 15 years."
—© Doody’s Review Service, 2020, Anthony Ewald, MD, Indiana
University School of Medicine (5-star review)
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