1. Krista R Casazza is Assistant Professor in the Department of Nutrition Sciences at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (AL, USA). Her primary research interest resides in the bone–fat axis specifically as it relates to acquisition of strength–structural properties of the skeletal system across the pubertal transition. She conducts dietary and exercise interventions in peripubertal children with the goal of optimizing body composition trajectories during this critical period in growth and development.
2. Lynae J Hanks is a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Alabama at Birmingham in the Department of Medicine, supported by the Interdisciplinary Training in Kidney-Related Research T32 Training Program. She is an early investigator in the area of the musculoskeletal system as it relates to aspects of metabolic health in the pediatric population, and is actively involved in the design and implementation of interventions in the pediatric population, specifically that of resistance training at a critical...