| Description |
xxvii, 289 pages : illustrations |
| Contents |
I. Assessing the evidence -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Nature of the evidence -- 3. Physical activity and total mortality -- II. Effects of physical activity on the risk of disease -- 4. Cardiovascular disease -- 5. Risk factors for cardiovascular disease -- 6. Type 2 diabetes -- 7. Obesity and energy balance -- 8. Insulin resistance syndrome -- 9. Cancer -- 10. Skeletal health -- III. Ageing, therapeutic exercise and public health -- 11. Exercise and ageing -- 12. Therapeutic exercise -- 13. Hazards of exercise -- 14. Physical activity, fitness and public health |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Exercise therapy.
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Exercise -- Health aspects.
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Health risk assessment.
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Epidemiology.
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Medicine -- Research -- Evaluation.
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| Author |
Stensel, David J., 1964-
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| LC no. |
2003047095 |
| ISBN |
0415270707 |
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0415270715 |
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