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Abstract: This book discusses the connection between exercise and physical fitness, and wellness and disease prevention. Topics included are a discussion of risk factors for particular diseases, exercise motivational strategies, guidelines for exercise programs, and good nutrition as a factor in wellness. Numerous illustrations, graphs charts and assessment worksheets are included.

Grade level: 9, 10, 11, 12, s, t.

This comprehensive text aims to provide students with the information, strategies & motivation they need to help themselves improve the way they look, feel & perform.

Looks at how exercise abilities and the types of exercise that the body needs most and can take best advantage of change during each stage of life, from birth to old age.

Encourages the reader to eat smaller portions and follow a sensible exercise routine. This book, written by a nurse and mother of two, presents a regime which allows dieters to apply their own food and exercise preferences without making drastic changes. It also contains statistical information and food recommendations.

Fitness Professional's Handbook translates key concepts into practical application by guiding the reader through screening participants, conducting fitness tests, evaluating the major components of fitness, and prescribing appropriate exercise.

A popular one-semester/quarter course offered at both 2-year and 4-year schools and taught by either the Health Sciences division or the Physical Education department. This is a survey of various health-related topics, such as nutrition, exercise, sexuality, substance abuse, disease, etc., usually with an emphasis on applying the concepts to students' own lives.

Advanced Fitness Assessment and Exercise Prescription is the definitive resource for learning testing protocols for five physical fitness components--cardiorespiratory capacity, muscular fitness, body composition, flexibility, and balance--and designing personalized exercise programs based on assessment outcomes.