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Sedentary Lifestyle --- Health Behavior --- Risk Reduction Behavior --- Motor Activity --- Exercise --- Sedentary behavior --- Comportement sédentaire --- Health aspects --- Aspect sanitaire --- Sedentary behavior. --- Sedentary Lifestyle. --- Health Behavior. --- Risk Reduction Behavior. --- Motor Activity. --- Exercise. --- Motor activity. --- Comportement sédentaire --- Sedentary Behavior.
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From office jobs and long commutes to passive entertainment like television and video games, humans are sitting more than ever. Though lack of exercise has major health consequences, researchers are now examining the additional and widespread health risk of the simple act of sitting for extended periods. With research from leading scientists, Sedentary Behavior and Health: Concepts, Assessments, and Interventions presents evidence on sedentary behavior, its apparent health risks, and suggestions on measuring and altering this behavior. The highly respected international author team provides an interdisciplinary review of current research, examining scientific, public health, and broader social questions about the implications of sedentary behavior. These topics include humans' physiological predispositions, exacerbation of current health conditions like obesity and diabetes, and the design and ergonomics of offices and chairs. To examine the many facets of this developing area of study, Sedentary Behavior and Health is divided into five parts: "Sedentary Behavior Concepts and Context" reviews the physiology of sedentary behavior, investigating current habits from the perspectives of evolution, industrial engineering, and design; "Sedentary Behavior and Health" explores the relationship between sedentary behavior and several major chronic diseases, including obesity, cardiovascular disease, and low-back pain; "Measuring and Analyzing Sedentary Behavior" explains research methods for understanding and measuring sedentary behavior in order to recognize patterns and design interventions; "Sedentary Behavior and Subpopulations" covers issues, risks, and behaviors in groups such as children, working adults, older adults, and minorities; "Changing Sedentary Behavior" provides methods and recommendations for improvement with environmental, social, community, worksite, and technology-based interventions. Included in this groundbreaking text are learning objectives, key concepts, and study questions to focus attention on key issues and reinforce concepts. Reviews of the literature in the field are presented, many with comparisons in table form, to provide the full scope of research. Sidebars throughout the text apply theoretical concepts to real-world scenarios. Inactivity is mismatched with many aspects of humans' genetic makeup. While it is becoming the new norm, the consequences of this behavior are emerging as a public health threat. Sedentary Behavior and Health will serve as a key reference for the rapidly emerging research area of sedentary behavior.
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Physical education and training --- Physical fitness --- Evaluation --- Testing
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"This book addresses the fundamentals of collecting and analyzing data of human performance and applying the results to real-life situations. Focusing on the core concepts of reliability and validity of data, the text provides tools for evidence-based decision making that can be applied to physical therapy, allied health professions, kinesiology, sport and exercise science, physical education, health, and fitness"--
Physical Education and Training --- Physical Fitness --- Monitoring, Physiologic --- Athletic Performance --- methods --- Sports Performance --- Athletic Performances --- Performance, Athletic --- Performance, Sports --- Performances, Athletic --- Performances, Sports --- Sports Performances --- Psychomotor Performance --- Fitness, Physical --- Exercise Test --- Exercise --- Education, Physical --- Physical Education --- Physical Education, Training --- 796.012 --- 796.012 Movement and motor functions: tests and measurement --- Movement and motor functions: tests and measurement
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Based on the 10th Measurement and Evaluation Symposium, "Measurement Issues and Challenges in Aging Research," Measurement Issues in Aging and Physical Activity considers research from experts around the world relating to the latest questions, challenges, and techniques in aging and measurement. The reference addresses a range of topics in aging research, including issues from the fields of kinesiology, biology, physiology, technology, urban planning, measurement, and statistics. Measurement Issues in Aging and Physical Activity breaks new ground with a discussion of multicultural factors related to physical activity promotion and intervention. Ideas include using culture as a catalyst for active living and using culture-based physical activity as an alternative approach to promotion of active living. The reference further examines multicultural issues with a look at alternative medicine, including an account of a demonstration of qi-gong, a traditional Chinese exercise, from the symposium. Measurement Issues in Aging and Physical Activity also provides information on the benefits of and barriers to exercise in older adults; interventions to improve quality of life in older adults; advanced statistical methodologies, with discussion of structural equation modeling and longitudinal data analysis; and issues regarding training of future aging research and measurement specialists. In addition, a new term, kinesmetrics, is introduced for the field of measurement and evaluation. Kinesmetrics is defined as a discipline for developing and applying measurement theory, statistics, and mathematical analysis to the field of kinesiology. The groundbreaking Measurement Issues in Aging and Physical Activity explores subjects in a range of research topics. For both veterans and newcomers to the field, this reference will be a comprehensive guide to the latest research on aging in measurement and physical activity. The 10th Measurement and Evaluation Symposium was supported by the American Association for Active Lifestyle and Fitness (AAALF), the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), the Measurement and Evaluation Council, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Human Kinetics.
Aging --- Exercise --- Exercise for older people --- Physiological aspects
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Aging --- Aged. --- Physical Exertion --- Exercise --- Exercise for older people --- Vieillissement --- Exercice --- Exercices pour personnes âgées --- physiology --- Congresses. --- Physiological aspects --- Congresses --- Aspect physiologique --- Congrès --- 796.012 --- 612.65 --- 612:796 --- Movement and motor functions: tests and measurement --- Growth, development, after birth --- Fysiologie van de sport --- Conferences - Meetings --- 612:796 Fysiologie van de sport --- 612.65 Growth, development, after birth --- 796.012 Movement and motor functions: tests and measurement --- Exercices pour personnes âgées --- Congrès --- Exercise for the aged --- Older people
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Kinesiology, Applied. --- Research. --- Applied kinesiology --- Kinésiologie
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