ACSM's Body Composition Assessment

ACSM was founded in 1954 and is the largest sports medicine and exercise science organisation in the world. With more 50,000 members and certified professionals worldwide, ACSM is dedicated to improving health through science, education and medicine. Timothy Lohman is a professor emeritus at the University of Arizona. His is widely considered to be a leading scientist in the field of body composition assessment. Lohman has also coedited several other publications including Human Body Composition, 2nd Edition (Human Kinetics). His research in body composition helped to establish the chemical immaturity of children using the multicomponent model. Laurie Milliken is an associate professor at the University of Massachusetts. She is an editorial board member of ACSM’s Health & Fitness Journal. As well as this, Milliken is currently a peer reviewer for other journals including European Journal of Applied Physiology and Journal of Applied Physiology. She has been a member of ACSM since 1994 and has presented her research at many annual meetings.

"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)

• Chapter 1. Introduction to Body Composition and AssessmentTimothy G. Lohman, PhD; Laurie A. Milliken, PhD, FACSM; and Luis B. Sardinha, PhDErrors in Body Composition Measurement and AssessmentValidation and Cross-Validation StudiesBody Composition Terms and ConceptsSummaryChapter 2. Body Composition Models and Reference MethodsJennifer W. Bea, PhD; Kirk Cureton, PhD, FACSM; Vinson Lee, MS; and Laurie A. Milliken, PhD, FACSMLevels of Human Body CompositionModels of Human Body CompositionTotal Body Potassium Counting and Neutron Activation AnalysisImaging MethodsSummaryChapter 3. Body Composition Laboratory MethodsRobert M. Blew, MS; Luis B. Sardinha, PhD; and Laurie A. Milliken, PhD, FACSMDensitometryTotal Body WaterTotal Body Potassium CountingDual-Energy X-Ray AbsorptiometryUltrasoundSummaryChapter 4. Body Composition Field MethodsLeslie Jerome Brandon, PhD, FACSM; Laurie A. Milliken, PhD, FACSM; Robert M. Blew, MS; and Timothy G. Lohman, PhDSkinfoldsCircumferencesBioelectric Impedance AnalysisUse of Weight and Height Indexes to Estimate Body CompositionSummaryChapter 5. Assessing Measurement ErrorVinson Lee, MS; Leslie Jerome Brandon, PhD, FACSM; and Timothy G. Lohman, PhDTypes of Measurement ErrorIntra- and Interobserver TEM/CV of Various Body Composition Measurement MethodsReducing Error Associated With Field MethodsSummaryChapter 6. Estimation of Minimum WeightTimothy G. Lohman, PhD; and Kirk Cureton, PhD, FACSMEstimating Minimum Weight in WrestlersLaboratory Methods for Estimating Minimum WeightField Methods for Estimating Minimum WeightSummaryChapter 7. Applying Body Composition Methods to Specific Populations    Jennifer W. Bea, PhD; Timothy G. Lohman, PhD; and Laurie A. Milliken, PhD, FACSMLaboratory MethodsField MethodsSummaryChapter 8. Body Composition ApplicationsVanessa 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, FACSMNutritional StatusCompetitive Sports and Exercise TrainingBody Composition and Eating DisordersBody Composition and Weight LossBody Composition, Chronic Disease, and AgingOther ApplicationsSummary