Sedentary behavior : physiology, health risks, and interventions / Maryanne G. Bergin, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bergin, Maryanne G.

Series:

Public health in the 21st century series.

Public health in the 21st century

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sedentary behavior--Health aspects.

Sedentary behavior.

Sedentary behavior--Complications.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (219 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Sedentary behaviours include activities at the lowest spectrum of energy expenditure such as lying down, watching television, using the computer and other media and screen-based past times. This book gathers research in the study and prevalence of physical inactivity, and evaluates the numerous health risks associated with sedentary behaviour.

Contents:

Healthy brain and well-being : sedentary lifestyle can impact cognitive ability adversely / S. Asha Devi, K.R. Manjula, B.S. Shankaranarayana Rao

Sedentary behaviors, sedentary time, and cardiovascular risk factors in children and adolescents / J.P. Rey-López ... [et al.]

Relationship between physical activity and body mass composition in people with cardiovascular risk / Elkin Eduardo Roldán Aguilar, Angélica María Muñoz Contreras, Diego Ochoa Alzate

Dietary intake during screen time among premenopausal women / Brandy-Joe Milliron, Kathleen Woolf, Bradley Appelhans

Sedentary behavior and childhood obesity prevention and management / Meizi He

Consequences of modern lifestyle to health : how to prevent it? : a review / Daniele Cristina Vitorino, Dennys Esper Cintra

Overall adaptation of people shifting their behaviour from a fully sedentary to a slightly active lifestyle / Felice Strollo ... [et al.]

Sedentary lifestyle and health risk / G. Martinez-Crespo, A. Robles Perez de Azpillaga

Exercise training : role in counteracting sedentarity and obesity / Naziha El Elj ... [et al.]

Short communication : sedentary behavior affects the cardiovascular autonomic regulation / Marcellino Monda ... [et al.]

Short communication : effect of sedentary behavior on mood / Marcellino Monda ... [et al.]

Short communication : influence of sedentary and active behaviors on insulin sensitivity and glucose uptake / Marcellino Monda ... [et al.]

Expert commentary : not only sedentary behavior, but also strenuous exercise can induce health damages / Marcellino Monda ... [et al.].

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61209-190-3

OCLC:

834136707