Physical Activity Across the Lifespan Prevention and Treatment for Health and Well-Being /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Meyer, Aleta L. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Gullotta, Thomas P. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Σειρά: Issues in Children's and Families' Lives, 12
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Health promotion.; Educational policy.; ducation and state.; Social policy.; Health psychology.; Child psychology.; School psychology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.; Child and School Psychology.; Health Psychology.; Medicine/Public Health, general.; Educational Policy and Politics.; Social Policy.

The statistics are disturbing: steadily rising numbers of sedentary overweight children and obese teens, and a generation looking at a shorter life expectancy than their parents’. But while it may be obvious that physical fitness benefits both the mind and body, a growing research base is supplying...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Preface; A. L. Meyer, T. P. Gullotta
• Chapter 1. Definitional Issues and Knowledge Gaps; A. Diana
• Chapter 2. Reflections on Rough and Tumble Play, Social Development, and Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders (ADHD); J. Panksepp, E. L. Scott
• Chapter 3. Physical Activity, Cognition, and School Performance: From Neurons to Neighborhoods; D. M. Castelli, C. H. Hillman
• Chapter 4. Influences of Social and Built Environments on Physical Activity in Middle-Aged and Older Adults; F. Li
• Chapter 5. Physical Activity as Depression Treatment; L. L. Craft
• Chapter 6. Physical Activity for the Prevention of Depression; B. M. Kwan, K. J. Davis, A. L. Dunn
• Chapter 7. Physical Activity as Treatment for Obesity; E. Jelalian, A. Sato
• Chapter 8. Physical Activity and Obesity Prevention; N. Zarrett, D. K. Wilson
• Chapter 9. The Role of Physical Activity in Treatment of Substance Use Disorders; D. Pekmezi, L. Carr, B. Barbera, B. H. Marcus
• Chapter 10. Physical Activity for the Prevention of Child and Adolescent Drug Abuse; A. L. Meyer, A. Diana, E. Robertson
• Chapter 11. Individual-Level Behavior Change Strategies to Promote Physical Activity; K. Davis, S. Hubley, J. Leiferman
• Chapter 12. The Mandate for Movement: Schools as Agents of Change; J. J. Ratey, J. Sattelmair, S. Pelican
• Epilogue; T. P. Gullotta,  A. L. Meyer.