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Complete guide to fitness & health, Barbara A. Bushman, PhD, editor

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 397-422) and index

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Complete guide to fitness & health

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Barbara A. Bushman, PhD, editor

You know the importance of good health, but how do you achieve it? And how do you maintain it through the years as your body and lifestyle change, introducing obstacles to physical activity and optimal nutrition? In ACSM's Complete guide to Fitness & Health, you will find the answers and much, much more. The American College of Sports Medicine has created the ACSM's Complete Guide to Fitness & Health to strip away common fads, myths, and misconceptions and provide you with the latest research, sound advice, and age-specific recommendations that you can trust. You will learn these strategies: optimize your weight, improve heart health, and increase aerobic fitness, strength, flexibility, and balance; improve your health by managing diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, arthritis and joint pain, pregnancy, and osteoporosis through exercise and proper nutrition; determine your body composition and current cardiorespiratory and muscular fitness levels; monitor, evaluate, and adjust your exercise program over time for optimal results; and introduce exercise, increase physical activity, and improve your diet for more energy and better health (no matter what your age!). Featuring step-by-step instructions and full-color photos for the most effective exercises, sample workouts, practical advice, age-specific physical activity guidelines, and strategies for incorporating exercise into even the busiest of lifestyles

Making healthy lifestyle choices: Physical activity and nutrition / Barbara Bushman -- Embracing physical activity: A complete exercise program / Barbara Bushman -- Balancing nutrition: Recommended dietary guidelines / Stella Lucia Volpe, Joseph R. Stanzione -- Promoting healthy habits: Getting started and staying motivated / Barbara Bushman -- Improving your aerobic fitness / Barbara Bushman -- Enhancing our muscular fitness / Avery Faigenbaum -- Increasing your flexibility / Jan Schroeder, Michelle Kulovitz Alencar -- Sharpening your functional fitness / Nicholas H. Evans -- Children and adolescents: Birth to age 17 / Don W. Morgan -- Adults: Ages 18 to 64 / Barbara Bushman -- Older adults: Ages 65 and older / Robert S. Mazzeo -- Cardiovascular health / Shannon Lennon-Edwards, William B. Farquhar -- Diabetes / Sheri R. Colberg -- Cancer / Kathryn H. Schmitz -- Alzheimer's disease / Brad A. Roy, Linda Fredenberg -- Osteoporosis and bone health / Kara A. Witzke, Kerri Winters-Stone -- Arthritis and joint pain / A. Lynn Millar -- Weight management / Laura Kruskall -- Pregnancy and postpartum / Lanay Mudd, Jean M. Kerver -- Depression / Heather Chambliss, Tracy L. Greer

Complete guide to fitness and health