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Scott going, Ph.D., is interim department head and professor in the 
Department of Nutritional Sciences and director of the Center for Physical 
Activity and Nutrition at the University of Arizona. His research interests 
include the development of methods for body composition assessment; 
changes in body composition during growth in children and with aging in 
older adults and related health and functional outcomes; and the effects 
of exercise and diet on bone, soft tissue composition, functional capacity, 
fitness, and health. His research is funded by NIH, the U.S. Department 
of Agriculture, DOE, and the Science Foundation of Arizona. He is cur-
rently investigating the effects of exercise, diet, and obesity on bone mac-
roarchitecture and strength in girls; the effects of exercise on strength, 
body composition, and functional capacity in patients with osteoarthritis 
and rheumatoid arthritis; and muscle loss with aging, hip geometry, and 
fracture risk in postmenopausal women. He also leads projects aimed at 
promoting physical activity and healthy diets for obesity prevention in 
children and weight loss in adults. Dr. Going has led the development of 
assessment protocols and activity interventions for multisite school and 
community-based studies. Dr. Going recently led the Schools Team of the 
Pima County Communities Putting Prevention to Work initiative, which 
sought to increase physical activity and improve nutrition in Arizona 
schools to reduce childhood obesity. Dr. Going’s work in the area of 
pediatric obesity and health has contributed to health-related obesity stan-
dards for children and adolescents. Dr. Going is a fellow of the National 
Academy of Kinesiology. He received his B.S. in physical education from the 
University of Maine and an M.S. and a Ph.D. in exercise physiology from 
the University of Illinois.