Study of body composition: an overview / Wei Shen ... [et al.] -- Hydrodensitometry and air displacement plethysmography / Scott B. Going -- Hydrometry / Dale A. Schoeller -- Whole-Body counting and neutron activation analysis / Kenneth J. Ellis -- Dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry / Timothy G. Lohman and Zhao Chen -- Bioelectrical impedance analysis / Wm. Cameron Chumlea and Shumei S. Sun -- Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging / Robert Ross and Ian Janssen -- Anthropometry and ultrasound / Anna Bellisari and Alex F. Roche -- Pediatric body composition methods / Aviva Sopher, Wei Shen, and Angelo Pietrobelli -- Animal body composition methods / Maria S. Johnson and Tim -- Statistical methods / Shumei S. Sun and Wm. Cameron Chumlea -- Multicomponent molecular-level models of body composition analysis / ZiMian Wang ... [et al.] -- Measuring adiposity and fat distribution in relation to health / Luis B. Sardinha and Pedro J. Teixeira -- Assessing muscle mass / Henry C. Lukaski -- Body composition, organ mass, and resting energy expenditure / Dympna Gallagher and Marinos Elia -- Genetic influences on human body composition / Peter Katzmarzyk and Claude Bouchard -- Age / Richard N. Baumgartner -- Variation in body composition associated with sex and ethnicity / Robert M. Malina -- Pregnancy / Sally Ann Lederman -- Exercise / Daniel P. Williams, Pedro J. Teixeira, and Scott B. Going -- Hormonal influences on human body composition / Marie-Pierre St-Onge and Per Bjorntorp -- Morbidity and mortality associations / Jacob C. Seidell -- Body composition and cancer / Zhao Chen -- Obesity and diabetes: body composition determinants of insulin resistance / Bret H. Goodpaster and David E. Kelley -- Body composition studies in people with HIV / Donald P. Kotler and Ellen S. Engelson -- Inflammatory diseases and body composition / Ian Janssen and Ronenn Roubenoff.