Epidemiologic Methods in Physical Activity Studies (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Lee, I-Min

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Physical activity clearly is associated with decreased risk of many chronic diseases, as well as with longer life. Utilizing modern epidemiologic methods, studies of physical activity and health have been conducted since the 1940s. However physical inactivity did not gain widespread acknowledgement as a major risk factor for poor health until 1992, when the American Heart Association recognized it as a risk factor for heart disease, on par with risk factors such as smoking. This text includes chapters describing the associations between physical activity and major diseases. With a major emphasis on the methods underpinning studies that can be conducted to elucidate these associations, this book is an important guide for those performing the informative epidemiologic studies needed to reduce the increasing number of people diagnosed with chronic disease due to inactivity.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. September 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780199720347
• Artikelnr.: 54554615

Inhaltsangabe

* Contents
* Contributors
* 1: Jerry Morris: Physical activity vs heart-attack: a modern
epidemic- personal observations
* Epidemiologic Methods, I-Min Lee, Ralph S. Paffenbarger, Jr.
* 2: Kelley K. Pettee, Kristi L. Storti, Barbara E. Ainsworth, and
Andrea M. Kriska: Measurement of physical activity and inactivity in
observational epidemiologic studies
* 3: David R. Bassett, Jr. and Eugene Fitzhugh: Establishing validity
and reliability of physical activity assessment instruments
* 4: I-Min Lee: Current issues in examining dose-response relationships
between physical activity and health outcomes
* 5: Tuomo Rankinen and Claude Bouchard: Individual responses to
physical activity: the role of genetics
* 6: I-Min Lee and Ralph S. Paffenbarger, Jr.: Design of present-day
epidemiologic studies of physical activity and health
* 7: Harold W. Kohl III and C. Dexter Kimsey, Jr.: Physical Activity
Surveillance
* Epidemiologic Data, Section Editor: JoAnn Manson
* 8: Michael J. LaMonte and Steven N. Blair: Physical activity,
fitness, and delayed mortality
* 9: Shari S. Bassuk and JoAnn E. Manson: Physical activity and fitness
and the prevention of cardiovascular disease
* 10: Barbara Sternfeld and I-Min Lee: Physical activity and cancer:
the evidence, the issues, and the challenges
* 11: Gang Hu, Timo A. Lakka, and Jaakko Tuomilehto: Physical activity,
fitness and prevention of type 2 diabetes
* 12: John M. Jakicic, Amy D. Otto, Kristen Polzien, and Kelliann
Davis: Physical activity and weight control
* 13: I-Min Lee and Jacob Sattelmair: Risk of acute cardiac events with
physical activity
* 14: Jennifer M. Hootman and Kenneth E. Powell: Physical activity,
fitness and musculoskeletal injury
* Promoting Physical Activity, Section Editor: Steven N. Blair
* 15: William L. Haskell: Evolution of physical activity
recommendations
* 16: Adrian Bauman and Philayrath Phongsavan: How can we increase
physical activity levels?