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Physical activity moving toward obesity solutions : workshop summary

"In 2008, the U.S. federal government issued fully approved physical activity guidelines for the first time. The idea that physical activity impacts health can be traced as far back as Hippocrates, and the science around the linkages between physical activity and health has continuously accumul...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pray, Leslie A.
Corporate Authors: Institute of Medicine (U.S.) Roundtable on Obesity Solutions, Physical Activity: Moving Toward Obesity Solutions (Workshop) (2015, Washington, D.C.)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. National Academies Press [2015]©2015, 2015
Subjects:
Physical Fitness
United States
Obesity / Prevention & Control
Exercise Therapy
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Collection: National Center for Biotechnology Information - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Physical activity and primary prevention of obesity in youth
  • Physical activity and primary prevention of obesity in adults
  • Physical activity-related and -induced outcomes with overweight and obesity
  • Policy strategies for promoting physical activity
  • Community strategies for promoting physical activity
  • Institutional strategies for promoting physical activity
  • Implementation of strategies that promote physical activity
  • Includes bibliographical references

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