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Vivian H. Heyward, PhD, is a regents professor emeritus at the University of New Mexico, where she taught exercise science, body composition and physical fitness assessment courses for 26 years. Extensively published, Dr. Heyward is the author of four editions of Advanced Fitness Assessment and Exercise Prescription as well as the first and second editions of Applied Body Composition Assessment. She also has written numerous articles for research and professional journals dealing with physical fitness and body composition assessment. Dale Wagner, PhD, studied body composition under Dr. Heyward and was an assistant professor of exercise science at Vanguard University in California for six years. He is the author and co-author of a variety of body composition articles that have appeared in highly respected journals and has also been a reviewer for several internationally recognised journals, including the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Obesity Research, and the International Journal of Sports Medicine. Dr. Wagner is a certified health and fitness instructor, exercise physiologist and strength and conditioning specialist.

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. Skinfold 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; Chapter 13. Body Composition and Metabolic Diseases; Chapter 14. Body Composition and Wasting Diseases and Disorders; Chapter 15. Assessing Body Composition Changes