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| Title: | Exercise & Health Research
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| Author: | Magnus D Johansen (ed) |
| ISBN: | 1600219853 : 9781600219856 |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Size: | 155x230mm |
| Pages: | 172 |
| Weight: | .448 Kg. |
| Published: | Nova Science Publishers - March 2008 |
| List Price: | 45.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Subjects: | Personal & public health |
In the last 50 years significant numbers of men and women take little exercise in the course of their occupation. The computer keyboard, the rise of private transport, the world by television, household 'labour saving' devices mean that with the minimal of physical effort people work and play. The benefits of doing regular exercise include a reduced risk of: heart disease, stroke, bowel cancer, breast cancer, osteoporosis, and obesity. In addition, many people feel better in themselves during and after exercise. Regular exercise is also thought to help ease stress, anxiety, and mild depression. This new book presents recent significant research from around the world dealing with various aspects and impacts of exercise as related to health.
Preface; The Influence of Body Weight and Shape in Determining Female and Male Physical Attractiveness; If You Panic, You Should Run: Why Physical Exercise Should be Prescribed in Panic Disorder; Stress-Reactivity and Health: The Impact of Exercise and Nutrition; Therapeutic Lifestyle Change to Reduce Metabolic Syndrome: Focus on Exercise; Coronary Artery Disease Risk Among Native Americans: The Issue of Obesity; Effects of Physical Exercise with a Dietary Vitamins C and E Combination on Oxidative Stress in Muscle, Liver and Brain of Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Pregnant Rat; Index.
