UID:
almafu_9958075146102883
Format:
1 online resource (174 p.)
ISBN:
3-318-00298-4
Series Statement:
Medicine and sport science ; vol. 43
Content:
This volume presents a review of current research on the relationships between dietary intake, growth, physical activity and exercise in different environments throughout the world, and their impact on health and physical fitness. The combined influence of heredity and environment on the potential for growth and functional development has been hotly debated for many years. Amongst the more critical environmental factors commonly considered are nutrition, physical activity and motor stimulation. This book examines how these factors affect the growth and development of children and youth in developed and developing countries. Characteristics of children from Africa, the Indian sub-continent, Europe, Australia, and North and South America are presented by leading exponents of work in these areas. The contents provide new insights on positive health and optimal somatic and functional development during childhood. It will be of interest to a wide range of scientists and health professionals including pedagogues, exercise physiologists, pediatricians, auxologists, nutritionists, dietitians, anthropologists, human biologists and other medical practitioners.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Growth, Development and Sociocultural Characteristics of Brazilian Preschool Children""; ""Overnutrition, Undernutrition and the Body Mass Index: Implications for Strength and Motor Fitness""; ""Physical Fitness of 7- to 14- Year- Old Schoolchildren in Merida (Mexico) and Lo• dz• (Poland)""; ""Body Composition, Body Satisfaction, Eating and Exercise Behavior of Australian Adolescents""; ""Sex Differences in Physical Fitness in Flemish Youth""
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""Relationships between Physical Activity, Motor Ability, and Anthropometric Variables in 6- Year- old Estonian Children""""Aerobic and Anaerobic Performances in Relation to Marginal Malnutrition and Altitude in Bolivian Boys and Girls""; ""Nutritional Status, Physical Fitness and Physical Activity in Children and Youth in Maputo (Mozambique)""; ""Evaluation of Physical Status of Children Living in the Zones of Influence of Small Doses of Radiation after the Chernobyl Accident""; ""Growth and Motor Performances of Rural Senegalese Children""
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""Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Body Composition in Indian Children of 10 16 Years""""Treatment and Prevention of Obesity by Exercise in Czech Children""; ""Methodological Considerations in the Assessment of Physical Activity and Nutritional Status of Children and Youth""; ""Conclusions and Perspectives""; ""Subject Index""
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 3-8055-6679-4
Language:
English
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