Body composition for health and performance: a survey of body composition assessment practice carried out by the Ad Hoc Research Working Group on Body Composition, Health and Performance under the auspices of the IOC Medical Commission

Nanna L Meyer; Jorunn Sundgot-Borgen; Timothy G Lohman; Timothy R Ackland; Arthur D Stewart; Ronald J Maughan; Suzanne Smith; Wolfram Müller

doi:10.1136/bjsports-2013-092561

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Body composition for health and performance: a survey of body composition assessment practice carried out by the Ad Hoc Research Working Group on Body Composition, Health and Performance under the auspices of the IOC Medical Commission

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Nanna L Meyer Department of Health Sciences, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA United States Olympic Committee, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Jorunn Sundgot-Borgen The Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Oslo, Norway PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Timothy G Lohman University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Timothy R Ackland University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Arthur D Stewart Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Ronald J Maughan School of Sport and Exercise Sciences, Loughborough University, Loughborough, Leicestershire, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Suzanne Smith Department of Health Sciences, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Wolfram Müller Institute of Biophysics, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Dr Nanna L Meyer, Beth-El College of Nursing and Health Sciences, University of Colorado, 1420 Austin Bluffs Parkway, Colorado Springs, CO 80918, USA; nmeyer2{at}uccs.edu

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Meyer NL, Sundgot-Borgen J, Lohman TG, et al

British Journal of Sports Medicine 2013;47:1044-1053.

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Accepted August 21, 2013
First published September 24, 2013.

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October 11, 2022

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