Physical activity and health - Blair, Steven N., ....-; Bouchard, Claude, 1939-; Haskell, William L., ....- (Champaign, IL : Human Kinetics, 2012)
Why study physical activity and health? / Claude Bouchard, Steven N. Blair, and William Haskell -- Historical perspectives on physical activity, fitness, and health / Russell R. Pate -- Physical activity and fitness with age, sex, and ethnic differences / Peter T. Katzmarzyk -- Sedentary behavior and inactivity physiology / Marc Hamilton and Neville Owen -- Metabolic, cardiovascular, and respiratory responses to physical activity / Edward T. Howley -- Acute response to physical activity and exercise / Adrianne E. Hardman -- Hormonal response to regular physical activity / Peter A. Farrell -- Skeletal muscle adaptation to regular physical activity / Howard J. Green -- Response of liver, kidney, and other organs and tissues to regular physical activity -- Roy J. Shephard -- Physical activity, fitness, and mortality rates / Michael J. LaMonte and Steven N. Blair -- Physical activity, fitness, and cardiac, vascular, and pulmonary morbidities / Ian Janssen -- Physical activity, fitness, and obesity / Robert Ross and Ian Janssen --
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Exercise -- Physiology; Health; Physical Fitness -- Physiology