Fitness and Wellness

Werner Hoeger (kinesiology, Boise State U.) and Sharon Hoeger, a computer scientist who has written software for fitness and wellness texts, help undergraduate students understand the role of a healthy lifestyle in lifetime fitness, preventive health care, and wellness and how to develop a personal program. They outline the importance of this lifestyle in achieving good health, quality of life, and a more productive and longer life; how to determine if medical clearance is needed for exercise participation; behavior modification techniques; assessing the health-related components of fitness and exercises for them; diet, nutrition, and weight management, cardiovascular disease risk-reduction, and smoking cessation programs; stress management; guidelines to reduce cancer risk; the health consequences of chemical dependency and irresponsible sexual behaviors, and preventing sexually transmitted diseases; and the myths and facts of exercise and health-related concepts. This edition has been updated with recent advances in science, health, fitness, wellness, and sports medicine in all chapters. It includes the National Health Objectives for 2020; the Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire; and updates to statistics, cardiovascular disease risk factors, daily caloric restriction plans, guidelines for muscular strength development, and the benefits of cardiorespiratory endurance and strength-training participation and recommended body composition, especially waist circumference. Annotation c2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)