A Primer for the Exercise and Nutrition Sciences Thermodynamics, Bioenergetics, Metabolism /

• Main Author: Scott, Christopher B. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press, 2008.
• Subjects: Chemistry.; Human physiology.; Nutrition.; Public health.; Sports medicine.; Biochemistry.; Biophysics.; Biological physics.; Public Health.; Human Physiology.; Biochemistry, general.; Biophysics and Biological Physics.; Sports Medicine.

The subject of thermodynamics is rarely found in Nutrition and Exercise Physiology textbooks. Yet this material is fundamental to any serious inquisition concerning energy exchange. This book provides a fresh approach to the study of energy expenditure by introducing the latest concepts in open syst...

Table of Contents:

• Thermodynamics
• Introduction: Thermodynamics, Bioenergetics, Metabolism
• Within and Without: Systems and Surroundings
• Conservation
• Matter and Energy
• Energy Accountability: Enthalpy (H)
• Energy Has Bias: Entropy (S)
• The Energy Exchange Gradient: Gibbs Energy (G)
• Bioenergetics
• Life's Currency: ATP
• Metabolism as an Energy-Exchange Device
• Anaerobic Metabolism
• Aerobic Metabolism
• Metabolism
• Aerobic Energy Expenditure
• Anaerobic Energy Expenditure
• Metabolic Energy Expenditure at Rest
• Metabolic Energy Expenditure of Activity (Work and Exercise)
• Total Energy Expenditure of Exercise and Recovery.