Health & Fitness : Exercise

Instant Notes in Sport and Exercise Physiology looks at the key topics in exercise physiology such as nutrition, altitude, temperature and ergogenic aids. more...

Price: $35.95

Given the impact that good nutrition and keeping fit have on health and well-being in later life, WHO, in collaboration with the Tufts University USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, organized a consultation to review the scientific evidence linking diet and other factors - especially exercise - affecting nutritional status, disease prevention and health promotion for older persons. The consultation focused primarily on practical issues, including the establishment of explicit recommendations to improve the health and nutritional status of older persons in a wide variety of socioeconomic and cultural settings. During the production of a comprehensive report, representing the outcome both of the preparatory work and of the consultation itself, it was recognized that new information emerging in several key areas should also be included. The combined results presented here are intended as an authoritative source of information for nutritionists, general practitioners, gerontologists, medical faculties, nurses, care providers, schools of public health and social workers. The specific recommendations concerning nutrient intakes, food-based dietary guidelines, and exercise and physical activity should also interest a larger audience, including the general reader. The main body discusses the epidemiological and social aspects of ageing, health and functional changes experienced with ageing, the impact of physical activity, assessment of the nutritional status of older persons, and nutritional guidelines for healthy ageing. Additional material covers food-based dietary guidelines for older adults - with particular emphasis on healthy ageing and prevention of chronic noncommunicable diseases - and guidelines for promoting physical activity among older persons. more...

Price: $27.00

How to use sensory and learning activities to help children and adults be the best that they can be. more...

Price: $6.50

Mejoremos la salud a todas las edades. Un manual para contribuir al cambio del comportamiento es una guía única para ayudar a las comunidades en su lucha por reducir las enfermedades, las discapacidades y la muerte prematura a través de todo el ciclo de vida. El libro combina estrategias de prevención con principios y métodos prácticos de la ciencia conductual, lo cual lo hace un manual ideal para planificar y poner en práctica programas de salud locales y regionales. more...

Price: $40.00

Lose weight, reshape your body, and feel better-all in just ten minutes a day! That's the promise of Move to Lose, fitness expert Chris Freytag's cutting-edge program for fast weight loss and long-lasting results. In Move to Lose, fitness expert Chris Freytag presents her doable weight-loss program aimed at real people with real lives. A mother of three and a businesswoman, she knows how tough it is to maintain an exercise program and a healthy diet. But with just ten minutes of exercise a day and some minor changes in diet and lifestyle, lasting weight loss is possible. Freytag provides practical tips, information, and guidance for maintaining a positive mind-set and incorporating healthy eating habits and exercise into day-to-day life, including ten minute daily strength, flexibility, and aerobic exercise programs to rev up metabolism and help build fat-burning muscles. Permanent weight loss is easier to achieve than you think, and no radical diets, gym memberships, or dangerous weightloss supplements are necessary-just a commitment to move and lose. more...

Price: $16.95