Timothy Lohman, PhD
About the Speaker
Tim Lohman, PhD, Director of the Center for Physical Activity and Nutrition and a Professor in the Department of Physiology at The University of Arizona. He also has an appointment in the Department of Nutritional Sciences and the College of Public Health.
His recent research includes being the Principal Investigator of the TAAG study (Trial of Activity for Adolescent Girls), a collaborative multi-center study focused on physical activity of adolescent girls. Dr. Lohman is also the PI of the BEST study (Bone, Estrogen, and Strength Training), which was designed to investigate long-term effects of strength training on bone mineral density and body composition in post-menopausal women and Co-PI of the Pathways Study, a collaborative study with NHLBI, four field centers and a coordinating center designed to prevent obesity in Native American children.
His current research focus is on long-term weight loss. His research with Dr. Going on their NIH innovative weight loss study using the internet to sustain weight loss has formed the basis for a web-based comprehensive weight loss course. He is also a consultant to the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) Van Guard Center and Health ABC long-term aging study.
Dr. Lohman is an advisor to youth fitness on the Cooper Institute and has worked in the area of fitness and body composition for the past 25 years. He is currently co-editor of the revised edition of Human Body Composition and an active member of the Arizona Osteoporosis Coalition, Mayor’s Physical Activity and Weight Loss Challenge, and Cooper Institute on Youth Fitness.
Title of Presentation
Long-term Weight Loss and Chronic Disease
Objectives for Presentation
- 1. To review success and limitations of long-term weight loss
- 2. To review the complexity of body composition assessment in the study of weight loss and chronic disease
- 3. To compare the effect of weight loss, physical activity, and physical fitness on chronic disease (diabetes, heart disease, cancer, osteoporosis)
