Nutrition, Physical Fitness, and Health

Nutrition, Physical Fitness, and Health
ISBN-10
0839112637
ISBN-13
9780839112631
Category
Health & Fitness / General
Pages
284
Language
English
Published
1978
Publisher
University Park Press
Authors
Jana Parizkova, V. A. Rogozkin

Description

Abstract: A collection of 23 papers concerning interrelationships of nutrition, physical status, and health are presented under 4 major categories by a range of experts for nutritionists, food scientists, and other health professionals. The number of papers are roughly balanced between the topics of: metabolic aspects of performance capability (considering food, energy, fluids, and nutrient intakes and body metabolic function); interactions between nutritional needs and various sports (young athletes, Polish physical education students, professional weightlifters); nutritional needs with respect to occupational activities in developing and developed countries; and nutrition, exercise, and health in situaions of weight reducing programs, sedentary work conditions, and cardiovascular disorders. (wz).

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