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Using DXA for Normal Weight Obesity & Body Composition Index
January 26, 2022 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Join Dr. Michael Ormsbee, a Professor and Graduate Program Director in the Department of Nutrition & Integrative Physiology as well as the Associate Director of the Institute of Sports Sciences & Medicine at Florida State University, as he discusses the updates on normal weight, obesity, and body composition index using DXA.
Objectives:
1. Conceptualize the concept of normal weight obesity in athletes and how DXA is used to identify this issue
2. Discuss the use of DXA to measure body composition index in order to identify improvements in body composition
3. Identify how dietary intake and training may assist in improving body composition index and normal weight obesity