 
Join body composition expert, Dr. Tim Lohman, as he highlights the evolution and breakthroughs in the field of body composition over the past 30 years. Emphasis will be on the relationship of body composition to health, sport and chronic disease including methods to assess risk, how minimum weight is being used to protect the health of athletes and misconceptions and misuse of various body composition methods.
Course Objectives:Identify the gold standard fallacy in body composition assessment.Explain why not all fat is of equal risk in relation to chronic disease.Discuss why estimating lean and bone density, as well as body fat is critical to comprehensive body composition assessment.Explain why estimating minimum weight is an essential part of body composition assessment in sport.Identify how specific methods used to measure body composition are related to the purpose and skill of the body composition measurer.Discuss why measuring changes in body composition is more difficult than providing an initial assessment for the individual.
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