Abstract
The book Fitness assessment - Body composition was primarily written for researchers dealing with the issues of nutrition, proper diet and treatment of body composition as one of the components affecting sport performance, for researchers involved in selecting appropriate diagnostic methods for body composition identification in terms of monitoring changes under various factors (load, sport training periodization, pre-season weight reduction, etc.), for researchers focusing on selection and comparison of diagnostic methods for body composition on the basis of particular models of the body, for postgraduate students in the fields of medicine and sport and last but not least for coaches with the possibility of using the published data for feedback for their sport team. The book is structured on the basis of available literature on this problem to the following sections: Body composition, Models of body composition, Body composition variation and Introduction to body composition methodology, i.e. methods identifying body composition.
The publication presents individual reference methods (Dual - Energy X - Ray Absorptiometry, Hydrodensitomery) and methods most frequently used in practice (anthropometric methods, calliper measurements, bioelectrical method) in terms of description of their potential use, principles, average values of individual body composition parameters, validity and reliability; furthermore it also provides comparison and advantages and disadvantages of these methods. It is our hope that book increases your understanding and appreciation of both the art and the science of body composition assessment, further develops your knowledge and skill as a body composition practitioner and helps you provide your clients and students with the most accurate information about body composition.