Sunday, February 1, 2009

Helping Children Cope with Stress or Understanding Fitness

Helping Children Cope with Stress

Author: Avis Brenner

The number and intensity of childhood stresses have dramatically increased in the past decade, forcing children to grow up faster. This book reasserts the value of childhood, and provides the information needed to help children deal with life's problems.



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Understanding Fitness: How Exercise Fuels Health and Fights Disease

Author: Julie K Silver

We've all heard the mantra, "exercise for good health." In fact, exercise, or lack of it, may be the most important factor in avoiding, or surviving and recovering from, the top three killers across developed countries--heart disease, cancer, and stroke. But few of us understand exactly how different forms of exercise work--physiologically speaking--to keep us healthy and prevent or treat disease. Here, two nationally known exercise experts lead a stellar team explaining, in reader-friendly terms, what exercise does to our bodies and how it spurs beneficial biological actions. In addition to explaining how and why exercise powers us and promotes longer life, Understanding Fitness includes a review of social factors affecting exercise. Exercise for specific conditions--from arthritis to cancer, diabetes, fibromyalgia, and osteoporosis, is also addressed.



Table of Contents:

Series Foreword Julie Silver Silver, Julie

1 Historical Exercise Traditions from a Health Perspective James Whorton Whorton, James 1

2 Cardiovascular Health Benefits Matthew N. Bartels Bartels, Matthew N. 17

3 Pulmonary Health Benefits Jason E. Frankel Frankel, Jason E. Nicholas S. Hill Hill, Nicholas S. 34

4 Strength Training Health Benefits Daniel Dodd Dodd, Daniel Brent Alvar Alvar, Brent 45

5 Flexibility Health Benefits Jason E. Frankel Frankel, Jason E. 63

6 Functional Training Health Benefits Jeffrey C. Ives Ives, Jeffrey C. Betsy Keller Keller, Betsy 71

7 Sport-Specific Health Benefits Jennifer Baima Baima, Jennifer William Mosi Jones Jones, William Mosi 91

8 Exercise and Obesity Daniel S. Rooks Rooks, Daniel S. George L. Blackburn Blackburn, George L. 104

9 Exercise and Diabetes Jacqueline Shahar Shahar, Jacqueline Osama Hamdy Hamdy, Osama 118

10 Exercise and Arthritis Philip Blount Blount, Philip 142

11 Exercise and Osteoporosis Christopher Morin Morin, Christopher Jennifer Morin Morin, Jennifer 156

12 Exercise and Fibromyalgia Kim Dupree Jones Jones, Kim Dupree Janice H. Hoffman Hoffman, Janice H. Diane G. Adams Adams, Diane G. 170

13 Exercise and Cancer Kathleen Y. Wolin Wolin, Kathleen Y. 182

14 Exercise and Gastrointestinal Disorders Gerard Mullin Mullin, Gerard Ghazaleh Aram Aram, Ghazaleh 194

Index 213

About the Editors and Contributors 221

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