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'Fitness for Work' provides information and guidance on the effects of medical conditions on employment and working capability. Every significant medical problem is covered, including the employment potential and assessment of anyone with a disability. Legal and ethical aspects are also addressed.

Health Behavior, Education, & Promotion

Take your healthcare into your own hands create a personalized diet and exercise plan to keep you fit, healthy, and active throughout your...

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.

This book explains in plain English how the body responds to physical activity, why physical activity is so important to health, and how best to become physically active. You'll learn how to create programs to improve your aerobic fitness; increase your muscular strength, endurance, and flexibility; control your diet and weight; and improve your performance at work and in sports. With more than 100,000 copies sold, this classic reference (formerly titled Physiology of Fitness) is your source for accurate and insightful information. Now updated and redesigned, this comprehensive text will show you how to improve and maintain your health through regular and enjoyable physical activity.

Can health-care costs be reduced by increasing the overall level of physical activity? What part does heredity play in physical fitness? How does exercise affect the immune system? What is the relationship between physical activity and hypertension?

This text explains the principles of developmental exercise science, assessment of performance, the promotion of young people's health and well-being, and the clinical diagnosis and management of sports injuries in children and adolescents.

Chiropractors have traditionally counseled patients on health promotion and wellness. Chiropractic, Health Promotion, and Wellness offers patients a better understanding of the chiropractor's important role, with practical questions and authoritative answers across a range of topics, including nutrition, exercise, and health behaviors. The doctor of chiropractic as a wellness provider promotes not just spinal health but a comprehensive model of health and wellness. A must-have resource for anyone contemplating chiropractic are or already undergoing treatment!