Questions and Answers: A Guide to Fitness and Wellness, Loose Leaf Edition
McGraw-Hill Inc.,US (Verlag)
978-0-07-802277-7 (ISBN)
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Questions and Answers: A Guide to Fitness and Wellness empowers students to become active participants in their own fitness and wellness through a genuinely student-centered approach. This is the first fitness and wellness text to be written in direct response to students’ questions about their own health and well-being. In responding to these student inquiries, authors Gary Liguori and Sandra Carroll-Cobb combine the latest science-based knowledge with practical guidance on concrete actions students can take now to improve their fitness and wellness. By encouraging students to be engaged participants in their learning, Questions and Answers also inspires them to become active shapers of their future health and happiness.”
Gary Liguori received a B.S. from the University of Central Missouri, an M.S. from East Stroudsburg University, and a Ph.D. from North Dakota State University. He is the dean of the College of Health Sciences at the University of Rhode Island, where he is also co-director of the Academic Health Collaborative and a professor of kinesiology. Dr. Liguori is a Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) and serves on the Executive Councils of the ACSM Committee of Certification and Registry Board and the ACSM Publications Committee. He was the senior editor of the ACSM Resource Manual for the Health Fitness Specialist (first edition), associate editor for ACSMs Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription (tenth edition), and senior editor of ACSM's Health Related Physical Fitness Assessment Manual (fifth edition). Sandra Carroll-Cobb has been teaching health and physical education classes in schools, businesses, and medical facilities for more than 20 years. She has served as faculty, interim associate dean, and interim dean at the University of Alaska Anchorage since 2000. Dr. Carroll-Cobb has served on the Conoco-Phillips Healthy Futures Advisory Board, worked as a statewide trainer for the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development Team Nutrition grant, served as a physical education program grant evaluator for the Anchorage School District, and contributed to the Alaska School Health and Safety Plan. She currently is chair and associate professor in the Department of Health, Physical Education and Recreation. Dr. Carroll-Cobb sits on the Steering Committee for the State of Alaska Cardiovascular Health Coalition (Take Heart Alaska); the Executive Board of the Alaska Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance; and the Anchorage Community YMCA Advisory Board.
1 Introduction to Health, Wellness, and Fitness 2 Positive Choices/Positive Changes3 Fundamentals of Physical Fitness 4 Cardiorespiratory Fitness 5 Muscle Fitness6 Flexibility and Low-Back Fitness 7 Body Composition Basics8 Nutrition Basics: Energy and Nutrients9 Eating for Wellness and Weight Management 10 Stress and Its Sources 11 Chronic Diseases 12 Infectious Diseases13 Substance Use, Dependence, and Addiction
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 16.2.2015 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 218 x 272 mm |
| Gewicht | 1012 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Allgemeines / Lexika | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-07-802277-0 / 0078022770 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-07-802277-7 / 9780078022777 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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