Applied body composition assessment

Brings both practitioners and students up to date on the latest body composition methods and equations for healthy and clinical populations. Like the popular first edition, this book addresses the principles underlying the skinfold, bioelectrical impedance, near-infrared interactance, and anthropome...

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Main Authors: Heyward, Vivian H. (Author), Stolarczyk, Lisa M. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Champaign, IL Human Kinetics 2004
Edition:Second edition
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Table of Contents:
  • Body Composition Methods
  • Body Composition Definitions, Classification, and Models
  • Use of Regression Analysis in Body Composition
  • Body Composition Reference Methods
  • Skinfold Method
  • Additional Anthropometric Methods
  • Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis Method
  • Near-Infrared Interactance Method
  • Body Composition Methods and Equations for Healthy Populations
  • Body Composition and Children
  • Body Composition and Older Adults
  • Body Composition and Ethnicity
  • Body Composition and Athletes
  • Body Composition Methods and Equations for Clinical Populations
  • Body Composition and Cardiopulmonary Diseases
  • Body Composition and Metabolic Diseases
  • Body Composition and Wasting Diseases and Disorders
  • Assessing Body Composition Changes