Understanding fitness : how exercise fuels health and fights disease / edited by Julie K. Silver and Christopher Morin.
In addition to explaining how and why exercise powers us and promotes longer life, Understanding Fitness includes a review of social factors affecting exercise. Exercise for specific conditions - from arthritis to cancer, diabetes, fibromyalgia, and osteoporosis - is also addressed.
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Westport, Conn. :
Praeger,
2008.
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| Series: | Praeger series on contemporary health and living.
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Table of Contents:
- Historical exercise traditions from a health perspective / James Whorton
- Cardiovascular health benefits / Matthew N. Bartels
- Pulmonary health benefits / Jason E. Frankel and Nicholas S. Hill
- Strength training health benefits / Daniel Dodd and Brent Alvar
- Flexibility health benefits / Jason E. Frankel
- Functional training health benefits / Jeffrey C. Ives and Betsy Keller
- Sport-specific health benefits / Jennifer Baima and William Mosi Jones
- Exercise and obesity / Daniel S. Rooks and George L. Blackburn
- Exercise and diabetes / Jacqueline Shahar and Osama Hamdy
- Exercise and arthritis / Philip Blount
- Exercise and osteoporosis / Christopher Morin and Jennifer Morin
- Exercise and fibromyalgia / Kim Dupree Jones, Janice H. Hoffman, and Diane G. Adams
- Exercise and cancer / Kathleen Y. Wolin
- Exercise and gastrointestinal disorders / Gerard Mullin and Ghazaleh Aram.