Fitness: morphological

• how would you assess morphological fitness?
  • a spectrum with adverse outcomes on both ends
• Clinical practice
  • Body mass (relative to height)
    • BMI (weight/height^2)
    • % ideal body weight
  • whole body composition (BIA more than skinfolds)
    • fat mass, fat free (lean mass)
  • partitioned body composition
    • DXA (bone mineral density + body composition)
    • waist circumference (abdominal fat)
    • appendicular muscle mass ∑4 limbs =ASM (in kg) and ASM/height^2 = SMI