| Description |
xii, 494 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm |
| Contents |
Appendix B Nutritive Values for Common Foods, Alcoholic and Nonalcoholic Beverages, and Specialty and Fast-Food Items -- Appendix C Evaluation of Body Composition -- Appendix D Computerized Meal and Exercise Plan -- Appendix E Journals and Newsletters Related to Nutrition, Exercise, and Health -- Appendix F Reliable Sources of Information about Nutrition, Exercise, and Health -- Appendix G The Metric System and Conversion Constants in Nutrition, Exercise, and Health |
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Nutrition and Energy for Biologic Work. 1. Biology and Chemistry Basics: The Link to a Better Understanding of Nutrition, Exercise, and Health. 2. Digestion and Absorption of Food Nutrients. 3. Carbohydrates. 4. Lipids. 5. Proteins. 6. Vitamins. 7. Minerals. 8. Water. 9. Food Advertising, Packaging, and Labeling, and Patterns of Food Consumption. 10. Optimal Nutrition for Exercise and Good Health. 11. Energy for Exercise. 12. Ventilation and Circulation: The Oxygen Delivery Systems. 13. Energy Value of Food and Physical Activity -- Body Composition and Weight Control. 14. Evaluation of Body Composition. 15. Obesity. 16. Weight Control. 17. Modification of Eating and Exercise Behaviors -- Physiologic Conditioning for Total Fitness. 18. Conditioning for Muscular Strength. 19. Conditioning for Anaerobic and Aerobic Power. 20. Aging, Exercise, and Cardiovascular Health -- Appendix A Energy Expenditure in Household, Recreational and Sports Activities |
| Summary |
For dieticians and physical education specialists, this book is acknowledged as a reliable and valid source of information uniting the allied topics of physical conditioning, diet, nutrition and weight control, and sound scientific basis on the how and why of these interpretative aspects of fitness |
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Exercise Physiology |
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Humans Nutrition |
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Exercise Physiology |
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Humans Nutrition |
| Notes |
Rev. ed. of: Nutrition, weight control, and exercise. 1988 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Exercise -- Physiological aspects.
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Food -- Caloric content.
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Exercise.
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Nutrition.
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Obesity -- Prevention & control
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Weight loss.
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Exercise.
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Health Behavior.
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Nutrition
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Nutritional Physiological Phenomena.
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Obesity -- prevention & control.
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| Author |
Katch, Frank I.
Nutrition, weight control, and exercise
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McArdle, William D.
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| LC no. |
92010386 |
| ISBN |
0812115554 |
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