Body composition

Books

Body weight standards and athletic performance
JH Wilmore, in
Eating, body weight, and performance in athletes: Disorders of modern society. KD Brownell, J Rodin, & JH Wilmore (Eds)
Philadelphia: Lea & Febiger 1992

Weight category sports in nutrition in sports
JH Wilmore, in
R. Maughan (ed.)
Blackwell Scientific Publications London 1998

Reviews

Heyward VH:
Evaluation of body composition: Current issues. Sports Med 22, 146-156 (1996)

ACSM position stand on weight loss in wrestler. American College of Sports Medicine.
Med Sci Sports Exerc 28 (6 ix-xii) (1996)

Fogelholm M:
Effects of bodyweight reduction on sports performance.
Sports Med 18, 249-267 (1994)

Martin AD, Drinkwater DT:
Variability in the measures of body fat: Assumptions or technique?
Sports Med 11, 277-288 (1991)

Keywords

body composition, body weight, eating disorder, body mass index, body fat


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