Physical Activity and Health The Evidence Explained

Foreword by Professor Jeremy N. Morris, CBEThis groundbreaking, popular textbook offers a detailed, evidence-based guide to the relationships between physical activity and health. Part 1: assesses the evidence for links between physical activity, health and mortality. Part 2: looks at the effects on specific disease conditions including Cardiovascular disease, Type II diabetes, Overweight and obesity, Metabolic Syndrome and insulin resistance syndrome, Cancer, and Osteoporosis. Part 3: examines physical activity and health in different populations and contexts including Ageing Populations, Children, Therapeutic uses of exercise, Exercise dependency Each chapter includes: * chapter overviews and summaries plus information boxes * study activities and tasks for self evaluation * suggested further reading including landmark papers * glossary of key terms, bibliography and extensive index * over one hundred supporting tables, figures, examples and plates. Physical Activity and Healthwill appeal to degree-level students of sport and exercise science as well as to students in related areas such as medicine, occupational health, public health, physiotherapy, nursing and nutrition.Hardman, Adrianne E. is the author of 'Physical Activity and Health The Evidence Explained', published 2003 under ISBN 9780415270717 and ISBN 0415270715.