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245 1 0 _aFitness and exercise sourcebook :
_bbasic consumer health information about the benefits of physical fitness, including strength, endurance, longevity, weight loss, bone health, and stress management, with exercise guidelines for people of all ages and tips for maintaining motivation, measuring exercise intensity, preventing injuries, and exercising with a health condition ... /
_cedited by Laura Larsen.
250 _aforth edition.
260 _aDetroit, Michigan :
_bOmnigraphics,
_c(c)2011.
300 _axviii, 649 pages ;
_c24 cm.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
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_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
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_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aHealth reference series
504 _a2
505 0 0 _aPreface --
_tPart 1: Health Benefits Of Physical Activity --
_tChapter 1: Physical activity has many health benefits --
_tChapter 2: Health burden of physical inactivity --
_tChapter 3: Physical activity and life satisfaction --
_tChapter 4: Physical activity and disease prevention --
_tSection 4-1: Physical fitness and a healthy immune system --
_tSection 4-2: Link between fitness and longevity in older adults --
_tSection 4-3: Link between mortality and physical inactivity --
_tSection 4-4: Physical activity promotes bone health --
_tSection 4-5: Effect of physical activity on the risk for coronary heart disease --
_tSection 4-6: Physical fitness improves asthma management in children --
_tChapter 5: Physical activity and mental health --
_tSection 5-1: Physical activity helps control stress --
_tSection 5-2: Exercise fights dementia --
_tSection 5-3: Physical activity, mood, and serious mental illness --
_tChapter 6: Physical activity and a healthy weight --
_tSection 6-1: Physical activity for weight loss --
_tSection 6-2: Exercise does not over-stimulate appetite --
_tSection 6-3: Effect of exercise on metabolism --
_tChapter 7: Is physical inactivity genetic? --
_tPart 2: Guidelines For Lifelong Physical Fitness --
_tChapter 8: Prevalence of self-reported physically active adults --
_tChapter 9: Introduction to fitness guidelines --
_tChapter 10: Physical fitness and children --
_tSection 10-1: Statistics on physical activity in children --
_tSection 10-2: Physical activity from birth to age five --
_tSection 10-3: Raising a fit preschooler --
_tSection 10-4: Fitness guidelines for school-aged youth --
_tSection 10-5: Physical fitness education in schools --
_tChapter 11: Physical fitness and teenagers --
_tSection 11-1: Statistics on physical activity in teenagers --
_tSection 11-2: Teenagers and physical fitness --
_tSection 11-3: Teenagers exercising far less than younger kids --
_tChapter 12: Promoting physical activity in children and teenagers --
_tSection 12-1: Motivating children and teenagers to be active --
_tSection 12-2: Fitness for kids who don't like sports --
_tSection 12-3: Tips on promoting physical fitness for girls --
_tChapter 13: Physical fitness and adults --
_tSection 13-1: Fitness guidelines for adults --
_tSection 13-2: Daily exercise dramatically lowers men's death rates --
_tSection 13-3: Women, physical fitness, and heart health --
_tSection 13-4: Physical activity for pregnant and postpartum women --
_tSection 13-5: Research shows overweight women improve quality of life through exercise --
_tSection 13-6: Statistics and research on women and physical activity --
_tChapter 14: Fitness for mid-life and older persons --
_tSection 14-1: Exercise program for mid-life persons --
_tSection 14-2: Exercise for menopause-aged women --
_tChapter 15: Physical fitness and the elderly --
_tSection 15-1: Fitness guidelines for the elderly --
_tSection 15-2: Balance exercises for older adults --
_tChapter 16: Encouraging physical fitness through the community environment --
_tPart 3: Start Moving --
_tChapter 17: Ways to add physical activity to your life --
_tSection 17-1: Get active --
_tSection 17-2: Exercise opportunities in your daily life --
_tChapter 18: Make a fitness plan and stick with it --
_tSection 18-1: Making exercise fun through a personal fitness plan --
_tSection 18-2: Goal setting --
_tChapter 19: Overcoming barriers to exercise --
_tChapter 20: Measuring physical activity intensity and physical fitness --
_tSection 20-1: Measuring physical activity intensity --
_tSection 20-2: Resting and target heart rates --
_tSection 20-3: Calories burned per hour --
_tSection 20-4: Physical activity chart --
_tSection 20-5: Body mass index (BMI) --
_tChapter 21: Choosing physical fitness partners --
_tSection 21-1: Choosing a health club --
_tSection 21-2: Choosing a personal trainer --
_tSection 21-3: Exercising with friends --
_tSection 21-4: Making exercise fun for the whole family --
_tChapter 22: Evaluating exercise equipment and exercise program claims --
_tPart 4: Exercise Basics --
_tChapter 23: Aerobic exercise basics and equipment --
_tSection 23-1: Aerobic exercise basics --
_tSection 23-2: Elliptical trainers --
_tSection 23-3: Treadmills --
_tSection 23-4: Rowing machines --
_tSection 23-5: Stair climbers --
_tChapter 24: Step aerobics --
_tChapter 25: Kickboxing --
_tChapter 26: Dancing --
_tChapter 27: Racquet sports --
_tChapter 28: Aquatic exercise --
_tSection 28-1: Water fitness --
_tSection 28-2: Top 10 reasons you should exercise in water --
_tChapter 28: Walking and hiking --
_tSection 29-1: Beginning a walking program --
_tSection 29-2: Selecting and using a pedometer --
_tSection 29-3: 10,000 steps a day walking program --
_tSection 29-4: Hiking for health --
_tChapter 30: Bicycling --
_tSection 30-1: Biking and walking for transportation and obesity prevention --
_tSection 30-2: Spinning/indoor cycling --
_tChapter 31: Running --
_tSection 31-1: Running for beginners --
_tSection 31-2: Training to run your first 5K --
_tChapter 32: Strength and resistance exercise --
_tSection 32-1: Strength/weight training basics --
_tSection 32-2: Progression and resistance training --
_tSection 32-3: Best Ab-strengthening exercises --
_tSection 32-4: Using stability balls and resistance bands --
_tChapter 33: Stretching and flexibility for health aging --
_tChapter 34: Combined exercise --
_tSection 34-1: Cross training --
_tSection 34-2: Interval training --
_tSection 34-3: Boot camp workouts --
_tChapter 35: Mind-body exercise --
_tSection 35-1: Introduction to mind-body exercise --
_tSection 35-2: Yoga --
_tSection 35-3: Pilates --
_tSection 35-4: Tai Chi --
_tChapter 36: Power training and plyometrics for athletes --
_tChapter 37: Wii --
_tPart 5: Fitness Safety --
_tChapter 38: Basics Of Safe Physical Activity --
_tChapter 39: Workout safety --
_tSection 39-1: Warming up --
_tSection 39-2: Avoiding mistakes in the gym --
_tSection 39-3: Choosing an athletic shoe --
_tSection 39-4: Helmets --
_tChapter 40: Nutrition and exercise --
_tSection 40-1: Healthy hydration --
_tSection 40-2: Sports nutrition --
_tSection 40-3: Top sports nutrition myths --
_tChapter 41: Preventing sports injuries --
_tSection 41-1: Common sports injuries and their prevention --
_tSection 41-2: Sports-related concussions: what you need to know to be safe --
_tChapter 42: Preventing sports injuries for child athletes --
_tChapter 43: Fitness and your feet --
_tChapter 44: Overtraining and compulsive exercise --
_tSection 44-1: Overtraining in women and the risk to bone health --
_tSection 44-2: Compulsive exercise --
_tChapter 45: Exercising safely outdoors --
_tSection 45-1: Outdoor exercise safety --
_tSection 45-2: Air pollution and exercise --
_tPart 6: Physical Fitness For People With Health Conditions --
_tChapter 46: Introduction to exercise with a health condition --
_tChapter 47: Physical activity for people with disabilities --
_tSection 47-1: Increasing physical activity for people with disabilities --
_tSection 47-2: Promoting inclusive physical activity communities for people with disabilities --
_tChapter 48: Physical fitness for people who are overweight --
_tSection 48-1: Physical fitness at any size --
_tSection 48-2: Fat loss and weight training myths --
_tSection 48-3: Abdominal fat and your health --
_tChapter 49: Physical fitness for people with heart conditions --
_tChapter 50: Physical fitness for people with bone disorders --
_tSection 50-1: Arthritis and fitness --
_tSection 50-2: Exercising safely with osteoporosis --
_tChapter 51: Physical fitness for people with asthma --
_tSection 51-1: Exercise for people with asthma --
_tSection 51-2: Exercise-induced asthma --
_tChapter 52: Physical fitness for people with diabetes --
_tChapter 53: Physical fitness and cancer --
_tSection 53-1: Physical fitness and cancer prevention --
_tSection 53-2: Exercise during cancer treatment --
_tPart 7: Additional Help And Information --
_tChapter 54: Glossary of fitness terms --
_tChapter 55: Directory of fitness resources --
_tIndex.
520 0 _aFitness and Exercise Sourcebook (Fitness and Exercise Sourcebook) (Hardcover): The fourth updated edition of Fitness and Exercise Sourcebook provides updated information about the health benefits of physical activity, discussing guidelines for physical fitness at all age levels and including the latest information about physical activity for all levels, including those with chronic diseases or disabilities. From the health benefits of physical activity for guidelines for fitness and fitness safety, this packs in a range of topics key to any health library.
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