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Title Exercise adherence : its impact on public health / Rod K. Dishman, editor
Published Champaign, Ill. : Human Kinetics Books, [1988]
©1988

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 MELB  613.71 EXE-D  AVAILABLE
Description xiii, 447 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents Pt 1 Health and exercise adherence: outcomes and influences 1. Habitual exercise and public health: an epidemiological view -- 2. Exercise adherence, coronary heart disease, and longevity -- 3. Exercise within a healthy lifestyle -- 4. Exercise and mental health -- Pt 2 Theoretical models of exercise adherence: understanding the process 5. Psychological models -- 6. Exercise adherence in children and youth: implications for adulthood -- Pt 3 Methods and strategies for behavior intervention and fitness programming 7. Behavioral management techniques and exercise promotion -- 8. Program factors that influence exercise adherence: practical adherence skills for the clinical staff -- 9. Prescribing exercise for fitness and adherence -- Pt 4 Exercise adherence in clinical, corporate, and community settings 10. Compliance with exercise in cardiac rehabilitation -- 11. Exercise adherence in corporate settings: personal traits and program barriers -- 12. Who are corporate exercisers and what motivates them? -- 13. Occupation-related fitness and exercise adherence -- 14. Exercise adherence and leisure activity: patterns of involvement and interventions to facilitate regular activity -- Pt 5 Methodological issues and future directions for research 15. Methodology in exercise adherence research -- 16. Epilogue and future directions
Analysis Compliance
Employee
Exercise
Physical fitness
Bibliography Includes bibliographies and index
Subject Exercise -- Evaluation.
Exercise -- Health aspects.
Exercise -- Health aspects.
Exercise.
Exertion
Health promotion -- Methods.
Health promotion.
Physical fitness.
Exertion
Health Promotion -- methods.
Physical Exertion.
Physical Fitness.
Author Dishman, Rod K.
LC no. 86033731
ISBN 0873221028