Physical activity and health / Claude Bouchard, Steven N. Blair, William L. Haskell, editors.

Previous ed.: 2007.

Text on lining papers.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

fitness as risk factors for pulmonary morbidities--Biological mechanisms--Role of physical activity in patients with cardiac, vascular, and pulmonary morbidities--Summary--Review materials----12. Physical Activity, Fitness, and Obesity:- Definition and problem of overweight and obesity--Fat depots--Relationships among excess weight, physical activity, and fitness--Role of physical activity in prevention and treatment of excess weight--Summary--Review materials--13. Physical activity, fitness, and diabetes mellitus:- Diabetes: Definitions and prevalence--Epidemiology, etiology and complications of type 2 diabetes--Impact of physical activity on insulin and glucose metabolism--Epidemiological evidence indicating benefits of physical activity in preventing type 2 diabetes--Summary of randomized controlled trials on the prevention of type 2 diabetes--Importance of regular physical activity for people with type 2 diabetes--Summary--Review materials--14. Physical Activity, Fitness, and Cancer:- Importance of cancer--How physical activity and physical fitness decrease the risk of developing cancer--How we study whether physical activity and physical fitness decrease the risk of developing cancer--Physical activity, physical fitness, and site-specific cancers--Physical activity and cancer survivors--Summary--Review materials--15. Physical Activity, Fitness, and Joint and Bone Health:- Scientific evidence--Strengths and limitations of the evidence--Summary--Review materials--16. Physical activity, Muscular Fitness, and Health:- History of resistance training and its role in health--Fundamental aspects of resistance training--Resistance training throughout the life span--Resistance training in disease and disability--Summary--Review materials--17. Physical Activity, Fitness, and children:- Understanding the exercise-health link in children--Measurement of physical activity in youth--Defining the kinds and amount of physical activities for health--Optimal intervention strategies--Biological effects on physical activity in youth--Summary--Review materials--18. Risks of Physical Activity:- Risks of physical activity and Sport participation--Minimizing risk and maximizing benefits--Recommendations for future research--Summary--Review materials--PART IV: Physical Activity, Fitness, Aging, and Brain Functions:- 19. Physical Activity, fitness, and aging: The aging process--Methodological considerations in aging research--Demographics of physical activity among older adults--Dimensions of physical activity and their relationships to health and function in aging--Programmatic issues in promoting physical activity in older populations--Summary--Review materials--20. Physical Activity and Brain Functions:- Descriptive questions--Mechanistic questions--Applied questions--Populations benefiting from physical activity--Moderating questions: Factors moderating the effect of physical activity--Summary--Review materials--21. Exercise and its Effects on Mental Health:- Research paradigms of exercise and mental health research--Exercise and depression--Exercise and anxiety--Exercise and schizophrenia--Putative mechanisms for the psychological benefits of exercise--Detrimental psychological responses to exercise: The overtraining syndrome--Summary--Review materials--PART V: How much is required and How Do We Get There?:- 22. Dose-Response issues in physical activity, fitness, and health:- Principles guiding the body\'s response to activity--Components of the physical activity dose--Factors determining optimal activity dose--Physical activity and fitness: dose for health benefits--Summary--Review materials--23. From Science to Physical Activity Guidelines:- Stages of physical activity guidelines development--Strengths, limitations, and challenges--Summary--Review materials--PART VI: New Challenges and Opportunities:- 24. Genetic Differences in the Relationships Among Physical Activity, Fitness, and Health:- Basics of human genetics--Events in human genes and genomes--Genetic variation in exercise traits among sedentary people--Genetics of physical activity level--Individual differences in response to regular exercise--Genes and responses to exercise--Trait-specific response to exercise--Personalized exercise medicine--Summary--Review materials--25. An Integrated View of Physical Activity, Fitness, and Health:- Physical activity versus inactivity: universal value versus damaging consequences--Developing and implementing physical activity plans--Research questions and issues--Summary--Review materials.

1.Part I.History and current status of the study of physical activity and health:-1. Why study physical activity and health?--Human Evolution, history and physical Activity--Burden of chronic diseases--Health and its determinants--Aging and health--Defining physical activity and physical fitness--Physical inactivity versus physical activity--Summary--Review materials -- 2.Historical perspectives on physical activity, fitness, and health:- Early beliefs about physical activity and health--Scientific inquiry on exercise and health--Evolution of physical activity guidelines--Summary--Review materials -- 3. Physical activity and fitness with age, sex, and ethnic differences:- Physical activity--Physical fitness--Summary--Review materials -- 4. Sedentary behavior and inactivity physiology;- Sedentary behavior, physical activity, and public health--Inactivity physiology: the underlying biology of acute and chronic muscular inactivity--Sedentary behavior and metabolic health: emerging epidemiological evidence--Humans may not have reached the pinnacle of physical inactivity--A comprehansice sendentary behavior research agenda--Public health implications--Summary--Review materials--PART II: Effects of Physical Activity on the Human Organism:- Metabolic, cardiovascular, and respiratory responses to physical activity:-Relationship of energy to physical activity--Oxygen consumption and cardiovascular and respiratory responses to exercise--Effect of training, age, and gender on maximal oxygen uptake--Application to exercise training and physical activity interventions--Summary--Review materials--6. Acute Responses to Physical Activity and Exercise:- Lipids and lipoproteins--Endothelial function--Insulin-glucose dynamics--Blood pressure--Hematological changes--Immune Function and inflammation--Responses related to energy balance--Augumentation of acute effects by training--Summary--Review materials--7. Hormonal Responses to Regular Physical Activity:- Defining hormones--Importance of hormonal regulation--Regular physical activity and hormonal adaptations--Summary--Review materials--8. Skeletal Muscle Adaptation to Regular Physical Activity:- Skeletal muscle and human survival--Muscle cell: Composition, structure, and function--Muscle fibre types and subtypes--Muscle Adaptation and functional consequences--Aging muscle: the role of training--Summary--Review materials--9. Response of Liver, Kidney, and Other Organs and Tissues to Regular Physical Activity:-Acute effects of physical activity--Chronic effects of physical activity--Strengths and limitations of the current evidence--Summary--Review materials--PART III: Physical Activity, Fitness, and Health: 10. Physical activity, fitness, and mortality rates:- Physical activity and mortality--Fitness and mortality--Activity or fitness and mortality in adults with existing diseases--Quantifying the population mortality burden of inactivity--Summary--Review materials--11. Physical activity, fitness, and cardiac, vascular, and pulmonary morbidities:- Low physical activity and low cardiorespiratory fitness as risk factors for cardiovascular morbidities--Low physical activity and low cardiorespiratory

Compiled as a course text for a range of subjects, including kinesiology, exercise science, physical education, public health, health promotion, preventive medicine and human biology programmes, this textbook integrates research findings into the implications of physical activity levels on health.