Victor Katch received his undergraduate degrees in International Relations (Political Science) and Physical Education (Kinesiology) form California State University at Northridge (CSUN). At the CSUN Victor was a scholarship student-athlete in basketball (3 varsity letters) and baseball (1 year). He also did undergraduate work in international relations at the prestigious University of Uppsala in Sweden.Victor completed his Masters and doctorate degree at the University of California, Berkeley with a specialty in exercise physiology and nutrition. He was a science teacher, assistant varsity football coach; head tennis coach at Richmond Unified School District, Richmond, California prior to accepting his first university teaching position at the University of California, Santa Barbara.In 1972 Victor accepted a research and teaching position at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, where he continues to teach undergraduate and graduate courses, supervise graduate students, and work on various research projects in the areas of energy metabolism, nutrition, weight control and human performance. He was the first women's basketball coach at the University of Michigan (1973) and founder and former director of the University Weight Control Clinic, the Applied Physiology and Behnke Body Composition Laboratories. He is the recipient of an outstanding teaching award at the University of Michigan and a nominee of the prestigious University Distinguished Professor Award. In 1982 Victor was appointed associate professor in the medical school where he helped set-up one of the first Pediatric Exercise Physiology Laboratories in America.Since 1973 Victor has been the recipient of over 15 competitive research grants and contracts including principle investigator or co-PI of 3 National Institutes of Health grants in the area of adolescent obesity totaling in excess of $1,500,000. Victor reviews for numerous scholarly journals and has published over 130 articles in peer reviewed journals, is co-author of 8 books in the area of exercise physiology and nutrition, including the 2000 trade book "The Fidgit Factor" with his brother Frank. He has 80 research abstracts published in scientific journals, and has given over 100 invited lectures at national and international conferences.Victor is an elected Fellow of the Research Consortium of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance, and past president of the Physical Fitness Council of that organization. He is also a member since 1997 of the prestigious American Academy of Kinesiology and the American College of Sports Medicine since 1969. In addition to his scientific work, Victor has published over 100 articles in commercial magazines (e.g., Mademoiselle, Vogue, Harper's, Woman's Day, Readers Digest, Weight Watcher's, Muscle and Fitness, Shape, Self, and American Health; including monthly columns in Shape (3 yr) and Muscle & Fitness (3 yr).Currently Victor has a monthly column titled "Health Yourself" which appears in "Michigan Today" (http://www.michigantoday.umich.edu/)With his brother, Victor is co-founder of Fitness Technologies, Inc., a consulting company in the health and fitness field. Their clients have included professional football teams (Dallas Cowboys, New York Jets, Miami Dolphins, New Orleans Saints, Washington Redskins), professional baseball (Boston Red Sox), NBA, US Olympic Team, and corporate clients (e.g., Mattel, Texas Instruments, Control Data, Petry TV, Sports Illustrated Clubs). Dr. Katch has served as a consultant to the World Business Council, Young Presidents Club, the Venezuela Olympic Committee and the United States Olympic Committee.Victor is married to Heather MacKenzie, a therapist. He is father to three children, and gradfather to four little ones. Victor is an avid exerciser, enjoying year-round walking/jogging with his wife and playing golf, whenever possible.[Web site information for Victor Katch: http://www.personal.umich.edu/~vkass/vlk/vkatch.resume/vlk.p1.html