Role of Physical Exercise in Preventing Disease and Improving the Quality of Life

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Stocchi, Vilberto (Editor), Feo, Pierpaolo De (Editor), Hood, David A. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Milano : Springer Milan, 2007.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Health promotion.; Diabetes.; Metabolic diseases.; Medical research.; Quality of life.; Medicine & Public Health.; Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.; Metabolic Diseases.; Quality of Life Research.

Over the last decade studies have shown that physical exercise plays an important role in maintaining an individual's psycho-physical balance. In particular, it has been demonstrated that prolonged regular physical activity (now defined in scientific publications as chronic physical activity) h...