Exercise / Manu V. Chakravarthy, Frank W. Booth.
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Philadelphia, Pa. :
Hanley & Belfus,
[2003]
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Table of Contents:
- Defining the problem
- From hunting and gathering 7-11s and TVs
- Definitions
- Genetic considerations
- Physical activity deficiency
- Children's health endangered
- Means to action
- Health benefits of physical activity
- Caloric balance and expenditure
- Physical activity prescription
- Counseling patients about undertaking physical activity
- Management of overweight and obesity
- Promotion of routine daily physical activity
- Biological basis for chronic diseases caused by physical inactivity
- Health consequences of physical inactivity
- Cardiovascular diseases
- Metabolic diseases
- Cancer
- Aging
- Bed rest and spinal cord injury
- Pulmonary diseases
- Inflammation/immune dysfunction
- Neurological diseases
- Musculoskeletal disorders
- Gastroesophageal reflux disease
- Women's health
- Physiological regulation of the human genome through physical activity
- Inactivity: a fat chance of being healthy!
- Intensity of physical activity
- Sample physical activity prescription chart
- Composition of a low-calorie diet.