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An attractive, interesting text for undergraduate students in freshman-level wellness courses, emphasizing the importance of cardiovascular and muscular fitness and developing healthy habits right now. Explores the connection between sedentary living and serious ailments such as cancer and cardiovascular disease, and explains the beneficial effects of exercise. Special features include brief sidebars on health and fitness issues, key points, lab exercises with worksheets, chapter summaries, and color diagrams and photos. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Credits
• Part I Physical Activity and Fitness
• Chapter 1 The Physical Activity, Health, and Fitness Connection
• Chapter 2 Cardiorespiratory Fitness
• Chapter 3 Muscular Fitness
• Part II Physical Activity and Weight Control
• Chapter 4 Obesity
• Chapter 5 Nutrition
• Chapter 6 Weight Control
• Part III Physical Activity and Health
• Chapter 7 Cardiovascular Disease
• Chapter 8 Musculoskeletal Health
• Chapter 9 Cancer and Diabetes
• Chapter 10 Pregnancy
• Chapter 11 Mental Health
• Part IV Lifetime Physical Activity, Health, and Fitness
• Chapter 12 Healthy Aging
• Chapter 13 Leading a Physically Active Life
• Glossary
• References
• Index
• About the Authors

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CHOICE Review

This colorful, appealing, and informative book is easily understandable and efficiently laid out. Aiming to help students make physical activity a priority throughout their entire lives, it introduces important activity, health, and nutrition concepts and techniques. Chapters are logically identified in four sections, and progress from theory to practical application. Stimulating scenarios at the start of each chapter relate "real life" experiences to the content of the rest of the chapter. Especially valuable are the discussions of the relationship of physical activity to the specific topic within each chapter. The text includes "Highlighted Definitions," "Key Points," "Health Checks," "Key Terms," and chapter summaries. Recommended for college professors teaching undergraduate students new to the physical fitness field. K. Poole; University of North Carolina at Greensboro