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Is All Body Fat Bad for You? body composition education & training newsletter

Is All Body Fat Bad for You?

Fat has often become the ‘bad guy’ these days, but in the past, having...

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On Body Fat Calculators

From the Desk of Dr Tim Lohman:

 Many of you know that I have spent many years teaching and doing r...

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Making BIA Work for You body composition education & training

Making BIA Work for You

Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis (BIA) is a method of body composition asse...

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"New" Weight Loss Drugs - Our Thoughts body composition newsletter

An estimated 70% of adults in the US struggle with excess weight and its links to associated health ...

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Designing a Body Composition Assessment Plan body composition education & training

Often when people think about a body composition test, they think: Client or Athlete arrives, a body...

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DXA: Not Just for Osteoporosis education & training

In the field of body composition assessment, DXA is an important tool which give estimates of fat, b...

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3D Optical Scanning for Body Composition: Does it Work? tech corner

Picture this: A device that can determine your percent fat from a picture. Does it work?

There is a...

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How Accurate are Body Composition Watches? tech corner

Body composition watches hit the market, but are they accurete?  

Our watches don’t just tell us th...

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First Certification Course Introduction education & training

Introducing the first of its kind - Certification Course in Body Composition Assessment!
Have you had...

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WELCOME to GHBCI's First Newsletter newsletter

Who ARE we ?? The stated Mission of the Global Health and Body Composition Institute is to “Foster b...

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Why GHBCI? the president's corner

A few years ago, Tim Lohman and I were working on a book all about body composition assessme...

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Can a DXA Scan Measure Visceral Fat? tech corner

It’s been long known that disease risks are higher in those who accumulate fat in the abdominal regi...

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