Heyward, Vivian H.

Applied body composition assessment. Vivian H Heyward and Dale R Wagner - 2nd ed. / Vivian H. Heyward, Dale R. Wagner. - Champaign, Ill. ; Leeds : Human Kinetics, 2004. - 272 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Previous ed.: published as by Vivian H. Heyward & Lisa M. Stolarczyk. 1996.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I Body Composition Methods; Chapter 1. Body Composition Definitions, Classification, and Models; Chapter 2. Use of Regression Analysis in Body Composition; Chapter 3. Body Composition Reference Methods; Chapter 4. Skinfol Method; Chapter 5. Additional Anthropometric Methods; Chapter 6. Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis Method; Chapter 7. Near-Infrared Interactance Method; Part II Body Composition Methods and Equations for Healthy Populations; Chapter 8. Body Composition and Children; Chapter 9. Body Composition and Older Adults; Chapter 10. Body Composition and Ethnicity; Chapter 11. Body Composition and Athletes; Part III Body Composition Methods and Equations for Clinical Populations; Chapter 12. Body Composition and Cardiopulmonary Diseases; Chapte 13. Body Composition and Metabolic Diseases; Chapter 14. Body Composition and Wasting Diseases and Disorders; Chapter 15. Assessing Body Composition Changes.

This new edition brings both practitioners & students up to date on the latest body composition methods & equations for healthy & clinical populations.

9780736046305 (hbk.) : £33.00 9780736046305


Body composition--Measurement
Anthropometry.
Health and Wellbeing.
Dietetics & nutrition
Physiology
Sports training & coaching

QP33.5 / .H49 2004

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