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Dr Arthur Stewart

Research Interests

Arthur Stewart graduated in science in Edinburgh University, and proceeded to study for a bachelor's degree in Physical Education in Calgary, Canada. He returned to Edinburgh University as a lecturer in Physical Education in 1984 and studied part time for an M.Phil in Body Composition with the Department of Physiology, and then a PhD with the Department of Medical Physics, using dual X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) scanning to quantify tissue mass in athletes. In 1999, when he worked in the Osteoporosis Research Unit at the University of Aberdeen,before moving to Biomedical Sciences toa lectureship in sports science, also teaching on the postgraduate MSc in sports nutrition. He has been closely involved with the International Society for the Advancement of Kinanthropometry (ISAK) since 1995, has served on ISAK Executive since 2002, and received the award of Criterion Anthropometrist in 2003, and now serves as the Vice President. In Robert Gordon University since 2005, he ran the sports science degree.?He moved to the Centre for Obesity Research and Epidemiology in 2009 where he is now a reader and currently deputy director. His research interests include body composition and physique assessment using anthropometry and 3D laser scanning, body image, and their relationships with sports performance and health.

Publications

Stewart, A.D., Nevill, A.M. and ?Johnstone, A.M. 2009 In Press.? Shape change assessed by 3D laser scanning following weight loss in obese men. In Kinanthropometry XI, edited by Hume, P., Stewart, A.D. and de Ridder, H. Published electronically on behalf of the International Society for the Advancement of Kinanthropometry. http://www.isakonline.com/

Stewart, A.D. et al (2009) In Press:? Self selection of athletes into sports via skeletal ratios, In: Aerobic Exercise and Athletic Performance: Types, Duration and Health Benefits, (Edited by David C. Lieberman), New York: Nova Science Publishers.

Johnstone, A.M., Stewart, A.D., Benson, P.J., Kalafati, M., Rectenwald, L. and Horgan, G. 2008. Assessment of body image in obesity: development of a novel morphing technique. Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, 21, 256-267.?

Nevill AM, Stewart AD, Olds T, Holder R. Are adult physiques geometrically similar? The dangers of allometric scaling using body mass power laws. Am J Phys Anthropol. 2004 Jun;124(2):177-82.

Stewart AD, Benson PJ, Michanikou EG, Tsiota DG, Narli MK. Body image perception, satisfaction and somatotype in male and female athletes and non-athletes: results using a novel morphing technique. J Sports Sci. 2003 Oct;21(10):815-23.