Health Reference Series: Fitness and Exercise Sourcebook
Health Reference Series: Fitness and Exercise Sourcebook
Editor: Williams, Angela L.
Publication Year: 2019
Publisher: Omnigraphics, Inc.
Single-User Purchase Price:
$85.00

Unlimited-User Purchase Price:
$127.50
ISBN: 978-1-78785-653-0
Category: Health & Medicine - Exercise
Image Count:
12
Book Status: Available
Table of Contents
Fitness and Exercise Sourcebook, Sixth Edition provides information about the health benefits of physical activity.
This book is found in the following Credo Collections:
Table of Contents
- Preface
- Part I: The Health Benefits of Physical Activity
- Chapter 1—Physical Activity Has Many Health Benefits
- Chapter 2—Importance of Physical Activity
- Chapter 3—Physical Activity and Disease Prevention
- Chapter 4—Physical Activity and Mental Health
- Chapter 5—Physical Activity for Healthy Weight
- Part II: Guidelines for Lifelong Physical Fitness
- Chapter 6—Self-Reported Prevalence of Inactivity among Adults 50 Years and Older
- Chapter 7—Understanding the Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans
- Chapter 8—Physical Fitness and Children
- Chapter 9—Physical Fitness and Teenagers
- Chapter 10—Promoting Physical Activity in Children and Teenagers
- Chapter 11—Guidelines for Schools in Promoting Health and Fitness
- Chapter 12—Physical Fitness and Adults
- Chapter 13—Physical Fitness and the Elderly
- Part III: Start Moving
- Chapter 14—Keep Active and Eat Healthy
- Chapter 15—Ways to Add Physical Activity to Your Life
- Chapter 16—Make a Fitness Plan and Stick with It
- Chapter 17—Overcoming Barriers to Exercise
- Chapter 18—Measuring Physical Activity Intensity and Physical Fitness
- Chapter 19—Choosing Physical Fitness Partners
- Chapter 20—Joining a Gym
- Chapter 21—Personal Trainers and Equipment
- Part IV: Exercise Basics
- Chapter 22—Exercise and Physical Fitness
- Chapter 23—Four Types of Exercises
- Chapter 24—Step Aerobics
- Chapter 25—Martial Arts
- Chapter 26—Aquatic Exercise
- Chapter 27—Walking and Hiking
- Chapter 28—Bicycling
- Chapter 29—Running
- Chapter 30—Strength and Resistance Exercise
- Chapter 31—Stretching and Flexibility Exercises
- Chapter 32—Combined Exercise
- Chapter 33—Mind-Body Exercise
- Part V: Fitness Safety
- Chapter 34—Safe Physical Activity
- Chapter 35—Workout Safety
- Chapter 36—Nutrition and Exercise
- Chapter 37—Preventing Sports Injuries
- Chapter 38—Overtraining in Women and the Risk to Bone Health
- Chapter 39—Exercising Safely Outdoors
- Part VI: Physical Fitness for People with Health Conditions
- Chapter 40—Introduction to Exercise with a Chronic Health Condition
- Chapter 41—Physical Activity for People with Disabilities
- Chapter 42—Physical Fitness for People Who Are Overweight
- Chapter 43—Physical Fitness and Cardiac Rehabilitation
- Chapter 44—Physical Fitness for People with Bone Disorders
- Chapter 45—Physical Fitness for People with Asthma
- Chapter 46—Physical Fitness for People with Diabetes
- Chapter 47—Physical Fitness and Cancer
- Part VII: Health and Wellness Trends
- Chapter 48—Fitness and Exercise Trends
- Chapter 49—Wellness or Fitness Tourism
- Chapter 50—Online Fitness Training
- Chapter 51—Fitness Wearables and Wearable Technology
- Part VIII: Additional Help and Information
- Chapter 52—Glossary of Terms Related to Fitness and Exercise
- Chapter 53—Directory of Fitness Resources