TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER ONE Introduction...................................................................... CHAPTER TWO Conceptualizing Health: What is Good Health?...... CHAPTER THREE Methodology, Data Availability and Limitations of Study....... CHAPTER FOUR Findings/Results.................................................................. _________________________________________ Monitoring the Health of US Professional Athletes examines the health status of professional athletes in the United States, with a focus on the body-mass-index (BMI) of players in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the Women"s National Basketball Association (WNBA) for the 2005-2006 season. The study presents demographic data of the players such as age, height, weight, race, nationality, and academic institutions attended. It also presents data on the salaries of the players. Although public health scholars and medical doctors have cautioned that professional athletes such as...