This text addresses issues concerning the link betwen physical activity and obesity. Each contributor provides explanations of the concepts, research techniques and results presented.
Physical Activity and Obesity Summary
Physical Activity and Obesity by Claude Bouchard
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Table of Contents
The current epidemic of obesity; overweight, mortality, and morbidity; the cost of obesity and sedentarism in the United Sates; the determinants of obesity; assessment of human energy expenditure; the assessment of energy and nutrient intake in humans; human energy and nutrient balance; adipose tissue metabolism and obesity; skeletal muscle metabolism and obesity; physical activity and body composition in children and adolescents; physical activity level and weight control in adults; physical activity and weight control in older citizens; physical activity and prevention and treatment of weight gain associated with pregnancy; physical activity level and the treatment of severe obesity; physical activity and maintenance of weight loss - physiological and psychological mechanism; physical activity and the metabolic complications of obesity; is it possible to be overweight or obese and fit and healthy?; changing lifestyle - moving from sedentary to active.
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