Background Extremely low weight and rapid changes in weight and body composition have become major concerns in many sports, but sufficiently accurate field methods for body composition assessment in ...

For example, a person may weigh 170 pounds ... If you’re an athlete (yes, recreational sports count!), body composition can be a critical and sometimes overlooked training metric.

For example, a bodybuilder carrying a lot of muscle may have a high BMI because of how much their muscle mass weighs — but this does not necessarily mean that their body composition is unhealthy ...

Milliken also testified that training and skill development is often more important for athletes than body composition, using Tom Brady as an example of someone whose body composition wouldn't ...