620Friday, April 11, 2008
2:30 PM-3:45 PMConvention Center:202C
Free Communication: Body Composition Measures on Youth and Young Adults
The problems of weight gain and obesity plaguing today’s society are addressed in five oral presentations. The import of the topic is reflected in the three discipline areas represented.
Keyword(s): measurement/evaluation, obesity issues, research
Presider: Julio Morales, Lamar University, Beaumont, TX
Speakers:
Comparison of Methods to Assess Abdominal Adiposity
Michelle Gray1, Melissa Powers1, Ro Di Brezzo2, Barbara Shadden2 and Inza L. Fort2, (1)University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, OK, (2)University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
The Freshman Fifteen: Body Composition Changes in College Female Freshmen
Ashley Reum, David Q. Thomas, Anna I. Rinaldi, Lindsay Gallovitch, Laura Swan and Leah Wagner, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
RC Grant Findings: Interventions for Reducing Obesity Bias Among Secondary School Students
Weidong Li, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH and Paul Rukavina, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY
Body Composition Measures as Educational Tools: A Comparison by Race
Charity Leigh Bryan, University of Louisiana–Lafayette, Baton Rouge, LA and Melinda A. Solmon, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
Impact of School Program on Body Composition and Physical Activity
Benjamin A. Sibley, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC and Jeffrey A. Potteiger, Miami University, Oxford, OH

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