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Timothy G. Lohman is affiliated with the University of Arizona in the United States and works primarily in the field of Medicine. Their research spans several subfields, including Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Physiology, Cell Biology, Ecology, and Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation.

The scientist's recent publications reflect a focus on topics such as obesity, physical activity, diet, muscle metabolism and nutrition, agricultural sustainability and environmental impact, body composition measurement techniques, physical education and training studies, children's physical and motor development, and textile materials and evaluations.

  • Promoting Physical Activity in Middle School Girls: Trial of Activity for Adolescent Girls (2020), Scholar Commons (University of South Carolina)
  • The Environmental Impact of the Athlete's Plate Nutrition Education Tool (2020), Nutrients
  • Systematic organisation of skinfold callipers: an approach based on physical-mechanical properties and characteristics (2025), British Journal Of Nutrition
  • The Effects Of Training Method And Experience Level On Measurement Error For Skinfold Thicknesses (2020), Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
  • The Accuracy Of Four Component Models Using Body Volume Equations And Field-based Water Measurements (2021), Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise

Lohman has frequently collaborated with co-authors including David M. Murray, Laurie A. Milliken, June Stevens, Sally M. Davis, and Alba Reguant-Closa. These partnerships have resulted in multiple joint publications.

  • David M. Murray
  • Laurie A. Milliken
  • June Stevens
  • Sally M. Davis
  • Alba Reguant-Closa

The scientist's work has appeared most often in the venue UNC Libraries, with six publications. Other frequent publication platforms include Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, Nutrients, Scholar Commons (University of South Carolina), and British Journal Of Nutrition.

  • UNC Libraries
  • Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
  • Nutrients
  • Scholar Commons (University of South Carolina)
  • British Journal Of Nutrition

This research profile highlights a concentration on investigative studies related to body composition and physical activity interventions as well as the environmental aspects of nutrition education. The blend of topics indicates a multidisciplinary approach combining health sciences, environmental concerns, and biomechanics.

Best Publications

  • Skinfold equations for estimation of body fatness in children and youth.

    M. H. Slaughter;T. G. Lohman;R. A. Boileau;Craig A. Horswill

  • Advances in Body Composition Assessment

    Timothy G. Lohman

  • Human Body Composition

    Alex F. Roche;Steven Heymsfield;Timothy G. Lohman

  • Skinfolds and body density and their relation to body fatness: a review.

    Lohman Tg

  • Pathways: a school-based, randomized controlled trial for the prevention of obesity in American Indian schoolchildren

    Benjamin Caballero;Theresa Clay;Sally M. Davis;Becky Ethelbah

  • Applicability of body composition techniques and constants for children and youths.

    Lohman Tg

  • Body fatness and risk for elevated blood pressure, total cholesterol, and serum lipoprotein ratios in children and adolescents.

    D P Williams;S B Going;T G Lohman;D W Harsha

  • Why bioelectrical impedance analysis should be used for estimating adiposity.

    Linda B. Houtkooper;Timothy G. Lohman;Scott B. Going;Wanda H. Howell

  • A review of psychosocial pre‐treatment predictors of weight control

    P. J. Teixeira;S. B. Going;L. B. Sardinha;T. G. Lohman

  • Current status of body composition assessment in sport: review and position statement on behalf of the ad hoc research working group on body composition health and performance, under the auspices of the I.O.C. Medical Commission.

    Timothy R. Ackland;Timothy G. Lohman;Jorunn Sundgot-Borgen;Ronald J. Maughan

  • Pretreatment predictors of attrition and successful weight management in women

    P J Teixeira;S B Going;L B Houtkooper;E C Cussler

  • Bioelectrical impedance estimation of fat-free body mass in children and youth: a cross-validation study.

    L. B. Houtkooper;S. B. Going;T. G. Lohman;A. F. Roche

  • Assessment of Body Composition in Children

    Timothy G. Lohman

  • Promoting Physical Activity in Middle School Girls: Trial of Activity for Adolescent Girls

    Larry S. Webber;Diane J. Catellier;Leslie A. Lytle;David M. Murray

  • Effects of resistance training on regional and total bone mineral density in premenopausal women: A randomized prospective study

    T. Lohman;S. Going;R. Pamenter;M. Hall

  • A description of the social–ecological framework used in the trial of activity for adolescent girls (TAAG)

    John P. Elder;Leslie Lytle;James F. Sallis;Deborah Rohm Young

  • Receiver operating characteristic analysis of body mass index, triceps skinfold thickness, and arm girth for obesity screening in children and adolescents

    Luis B Sardinha;Scott B Going;Pedro J Teixeira;Timothy G Lohman

  • How to minimise the health risks to athletes who compete in weight-sensitive sports review and position statement on behalf of the Ad Hoc Research Working Group on Body Composition, Health and Performance, under the auspices of the IOC Medical Commission

    Jorunn Sundgot-Borgen;Nanna L Meyer;Timothy G Lohman;Timothy R Ackland

  • Measurement of fat mass using DEXA: a validation study in elderly adults.

    Loran M. Salamone;Thomas Fuerst;Marjolein Visser;Marialice Kern

  • Exercise motivation, eating, and body image variables as predictors of weight control.

    Pedro J. Teixeira;Scott B. Going;Linda B. Houtkooper;Ellen C. Cussler

Frequent Co-Authors

Scott B. Going
Scott B. Going University of Arizona
Luís B. Sardinha
Luís B. Sardinha University of Lisbon
Russell R. Pate
Russell R. Pate University of South Carolina
Ronald J. Maughan
Ronald J. Maughan University of St Andrews
June Stevens
June Stevens University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Larry S. Webber
Larry S. Webber Tulane University
Michael L. Pollock
Michael L. Pollock University of Florida
Leslie A. Lytle
Leslie A. Lytle University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Frances A. Tylavsky
Frances A. Tylavsky University of Tennessee Health Science Center
John P. Elder
John P. Elder San Diego State University

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