The Science of Long-Term Weight Loss

Timothy G. Lohman, PhD, is a professor emeritus at the University of Arizona and serves as the president of the Global Health and Body Composition Institute. He previously served as the director of the Center for Physical Activity and Nutrition at the University of Arizona. He is a member of the American College of Sports Medicine and a leading scientist in the field of body composition assessment.

Lohman is a coeditor of both ACSM’s Body Composition Assessment and Human Body Composition, Second Edition. He is a reviewer of several journals, including Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, International Journal of Sports Nutrition, International Journal of Obesity, and Obesity Research.

Lohman has spent the last 15 years researching and writing about long-term weight loss to improve understanding of the obesity epidemic and develop better long-term solutions to weight loss.

Laurie A. Milliken, PhD, FACSM, is an associate professor in the exercise and health sciences department at the University of Massachusetts Boston. She is a coeditor of ACSM’s Body Composition Assessment and CEO of the Global Health and Body Composition Institute. She has served as a peer reviewer for leading scientific journals such as Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, Journal of Applied Physiology, and European Journal of Applied Physiology.

In the New England chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), Milliken has served as the president, an executive committee member, the chair of the Continuing Education Committee, the chair of the Diversity Committee, and a state representative. In addition to being a fellow of the ACSM, she has served on the ACSM Research Awards Committee and as an editorial board member of ACSM’s Health & Fitness Journal.

She has researched physical activity and strength training among children and families and is currently interested in body composition changes in response to long-term exercise interventions.