Email
p.stanforth@austin.utexas.edu
Office & Hours
Office: BEL 828
Monday: 11:00-12:30
Thursday: 11:00-12:30
Phone
(512) 475-9694
Fax
(512) 471-0946
Web
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Courses of Instruction
KIN 310 Physiological Basis of Conditioning
KIN 322 Diagnosis & Evaluation of Fitness
KIN 327L Clinical Exercise Testing
Mailing Address
1 University Station D3700
Department of Kinesiology and Health Education
The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, Texas 78712-0360
UT Mail Code: D3700
Full Vita
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Profile
Phil Stanforth has over 30 years of university experience teaching undergraduate students and leading exercise and research programs. He is currently a Lecturer and Executive Director of Fitness Institute of Texas in the Department of Kinesiology and Health Education at The University of Texas at Austin. Phil teaches and trains undergraduate students in the different techniques of fitness testing. As Executive Director of the Fitness Institute of Texas he oversees 2,000 fitness tests conducted each year and he helps develop and deliver health and fitness related programs, including Get FIT, an exercise and weight loss program. Phil is a Past President of the Texas Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine.
Education
1978 M.S. University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (Physical Education)
Representative Publications
Stults-Kolehmainen, M.A., P.R. Stanforth, J.B. Bartholomew. Fat in android, trunk, and peripheral regions varies by ethnicity and race in college aged women. Obesity 20: 660 – 665, 2012.
Pepper, M.R., J.H. Freeland-Graves, W. Yu, P.R. Stanforth, et al. Validation of a 3-Dimensional Laser Body Scanner for Assessment of Waist and Hip Circumference. Journal of the American College of Nutrition. 29: 179-188, 2010.
Stanforth, P.R., et al. Generalized abdominal visceral fat prediction models for black and white adults aged 17-65 y: the HERITAGE Family Study. Int J Obes. 28: 925 - 932, 2004.
Jackson, A.S., P.R. Stanforth, et al. The effect of sex, age and race on estimating percentage body fat from body mass index: The Heritage Family Study. Int J Obes. 26: 1 - 8, 2002.
Jackson, A.S., P.R. Stanforth, et al. The effect of sex, age and race on estimating percentage body fat from body mass index: The Heritage Family Study. Int J Obes. 26: 1 - 8, 2002.
Boards, Committees and Associations
- American College of Sports Medicine Health/Fitness Director, Instructor, and Exercise Technologist