Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Comparative aspects of human activity
- 3 Physical activity levels – past and present
- 4 The validity of health measurements
- 5 Developments in the assessment of physical activity
- 6 Two national surveys of activity, fitness and health: the Allied Dunbar National Fitness survey and the Welsh Heart Health survey
- 7 Physical development and childhood activity
- 8 Physical activity and behavioural development during childhood and youth
- 9 Physiological aspects of activity and ageing
- 10 Activity and morale in later life: preliminary analysis from the Nottingham Longitudinal Study of Activity and Ageing
- 11 The benefits of low intensity exercise
- 12 Physical activity, obesity and weight maintenance
- 13 Adherence to physical activity and exercise
- 14 Women's working behaviour and maternal-child health in rural Nepal
- 15 Physical activity and psychological well-being
- 16 Leisure lifestyles: present and future
- Index
Acknowledgements
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 December 2011
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Comparative aspects of human activity
- 3 Physical activity levels – past and present
- 4 The validity of health measurements
- 5 Developments in the assessment of physical activity
- 6 Two national surveys of activity, fitness and health: the Allied Dunbar National Fitness survey and the Welsh Heart Health survey
- 7 Physical development and childhood activity
- 8 Physical activity and behavioural development during childhood and youth
- 9 Physiological aspects of activity and ageing
- 10 Activity and morale in later life: preliminary analysis from the Nottingham Longitudinal Study of Activity and Ageing
- 11 The benefits of low intensity exercise
- 12 Physical activity, obesity and weight maintenance
- 13 Adherence to physical activity and exercise
- 14 Women's working behaviour and maternal-child health in rural Nepal
- 15 Physical activity and psychological well-being
- 16 Leisure lifestyles: present and future
- Index
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- Physical Activity and Health , pp. xi - xiiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1992