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    Physical activity and health / Claude Bouchard, Steven N. Blair, William L. Haskell, editors.

    • Title:Physical activity and health / Claude Bouchard, Steven N. Blair, William L. Haskell, editors.
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    • Other Contributors/Collections:Bouchard, Claude.
      Blair, Steven N.
      Haskell, William L.
    • Published/Created:Champaign, IL ; Windsor, ON : Human Kinetics, ©2007.
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Physical fitness--Health aspects.
      Exercise--Physiological aspects.
      Health.
    • Description:xiii, 409 p. : ill., maps ; 29 cm.
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-391) and index.
    • ISBN:0736050922 (hard cover)
      9780736050920 (hard cover)
    • Contents:Pt. I. History and Current Status of the Study of Physical Activity and Health
      Ch. 1. Why Study Physical Activity and Health? / Claude Bouchard, Steven N. Blair and William Haskell
      Ch. 2. Historical Perspectives on Physical Activity, Fitness, and Health / Russell R. Pate
      Ch. 3. Physical Activity and Fitness With Age Among Sex and Ethnic Groups / Peter T. Katzmarzyk
      Pt. II. Effects of Physical Activity on the Human Organism
      Ch. 4. Metabolic, Cardiovascular, and Respiratory Responses to Physical Activity / Edward T. Howley
      Ch. 5. Acute Responses to Physical Activity and Exercise / Adrianne E. Hardman
      Ch. 6. Hormonal Response to Regular Physical Activity / Peter H. Farrell
      Ch. 7. Skeletal Muscle Adaptation to Regular Physical Activity / Howard J. Green
      Ch. 8. Response of Brain, Liver, Kidney, and Other Organs and Tissues to Regular Physical Activity / Roy J. Shephard
      Pt. III. Physical Activity, Fitness, and Health
      Ch. 9. Physical Activity, Fitness, and Mortality Rates / Steven N. Blair and Michael J. LaMonte
      Ch. 10. Physical Activity, Fitness, and Cardiac, Vascular, and Pulmonary Morbidities / Ian Janssen
      Ch. 11. Physical Activity, Fitness, and Obesity / Robert Ross and Ian Janssen
      Ch. 12. Physical Activity, Fitness, and Diabetes Mellitus / Oscar Alcazar, Richard C. Ho and Laurie J. Goodyear
      Ch. 13. Physical Activity, Fitness, and Cancer / I-Min Lee
      Ch. 14 Physical Activity. Fitness, and Joint and Bone Health / Jennifer Hootman
      Ch. 15. Physical Activity, Muscular Fitness, and Health / Neil McCartney and Stuart Phillips
      Ch. 16. Exercise and Its Effects on Mental Health / John S. Raglin, Gregory S. Wilson and Dan Galper
      Ch. 17. Physical Activity, Fitness, and Children / Thomas W. Rowland
      Ch. 18. Physical Activity, Fitness, and Aging / Loretta DiPietro
      Ch. 19. Risks of Physical Activity / Evert A. L. M. Verhagen, Esther M. F. van Sluijs and Willem van Mechelen
      Pt. IV. Recommended Activity Amounts and Delivery Modes
      Ch. 20. Dose-Response Issues in Physical Activity, Fitness, and Health / William L. Haskell
      Ch. 21. Physical Activity and Exercise Programs / Adrian Bauman
      Pt. V. New Challenges and Opportunities
      Ch. 22. Genetic Differences in the Relationships Among Physical Activity, Fitness, and Health / Tuomo Rankinen and Claude Bouchard
      Ch. 23. Integrated View of Physical Activity, Fitness, and Health / William L. Haskell, Steven N. Blair and Claude Bouchard.
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