SECTION I:
PrologueS
01 The honoree
Bruce J. Malina
02 A renaissance man and big picture human biologist
Claude Bouchard
SECTION II:
GROWTH, MATURATION AND PHYSICAL ANTHOPOLOGY
03 The FELS Method of Skeletal Maturity
Wm. Cameron Chumlea, Ramzi W. Nahhas, Richard J. Sherwood, & Dana L. Duren
04 The Timing and Sequence of Growth Spurts in Different Body Dimensions During Adolescence
Christina Antoine Geithner
05 Physical Growth and Health Status of Mexican American Youth
Anthony N. Zavaleta
06 Biological and Health Consequences of Human Mobility
Tadeusz Bielicki, A Lipowicz, A Szlarska, Slawek Koziel, M Lopuszanska, & H Kolodziej
07 Longitudinal changes in strength of children from Cariri, Brazil: A multilevel approach
Simonete Silva, Gaston Beunen, Albrecht Claessens, Adam Baxter-Jones, António Prista, Duarte Freitas, André Seabra, Rui Garganta, & José Maia
08 ROBERT M. MALINA: Contributions to the study of physical growth, development, and performance in Brazil
Maria Beatriz Rocha Ferreira
09 Impact of elevated blood lead on growth, maturation and physical fitness: research in the copper basin of Southwestern Poland.
Bertis B. Little, Zofia Ignasiak, Teresa Sławińska, & Robert M. Malina
SECTION III:
OBESITY, PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND PUBLIC HEALTH
10 Stature–Obesity Relationships Among 11,000 School-Aged American Indian Children
John Himes & Mary Story
11 Using PAQ-C among Brazilian youth
Rosane Carla Rosendo da Silva
12 New Directions in the Study of Maturation and Physical Activity
Sean P Cumming
13 Physique, Adiposity and Risk for Chronic Disease
Peter T. Katzmarzyk & Claude Bouchard
SECTION IV:
YOUNG ATHLETES
14 Tracking and Prediction of Track and Field Events in Untrained Adolescent Boys from 12 to 17 Years of Age
Johan Lefevre, P Ponnet, A L Claessens, Martine Thomis, & Gaston P Beunen
15 Age at Menarche in Athletes: Interactions Among Central Mechanisms
Alan D Rogol
16 The Digit Ratio (2D:4D) and Sport Performance. A Study on Elite Female Gymnasts
Albrecht Claessens & Maarten W. Peeters
17 Big League Dreams: A Brief Literature Review and Commentary on the Youth Baseball Player
Joey C. Eisenmann
18 Characteristics of Contrasting Skeletal Maturity Status at the Beginning of Long-Term Soccer Training
António J Figueiredo, Manuel J Coelho e Silva, Vitor Severino, Ricardo Rebelo-Gonçalves, Maria E. Pena-Reyes, & Robert M Malina
19 Sport Selection in Under-14 Male Soccer Players
Manuel J Coelho e Silva, António Figueiredo, Rui Pinho, Antero Abreu, Filipe Simões, João Valente-dos-Santos, & Robert M Malina
SECTION V:
20 Gaston P. Beunen (1945-2011)
Robert M. Malina
