Exercise and Women's Health de Laura A. Charlington

Exercise and Women's Health

Laura A. Charlington

In the last 50 years significant numbers of men and women take little exercise in the course of their occupation. The computer keyboard, the rise of private transport, the world by television, household 'labour saving' devices mean that with the minimal of physical effort people work and play. The benefits of doing regular exercise include a reduced risk of: heart disease, stroke, bowel cancer, breast cancer, osteoporosis, and obesity. In addition, many people feel better in themselves during and after exercise. Regular exercise is also thought to help ease stress, anxiety, and mild depression. This new book focuses on exercise and women's health.

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Preface; Expert commentaries; Commentary on physical activity and bone health; Role of regular exercise on vascular health in aging women; Short communications; Iron nutrition and the female athlete; Lower extremity strength and obstacle walking in early postmenopausal women; The female athlete and exercise-induced inflammation; Research and review studies; Sweat slaves -- an exploration of exercise dependence in males; Older women's perceptions of physical activity -- 'do they matter?'; Benefits of physical activity in older women; Delivering inactivity? Transitions to motherhood and its effect on physical activity; Effectiveness of a workplace physical exercise intervention on the functioning, work ability, and subjective well-being of women office workers- a cluster randomised controlled cross-over trial; Physical activity and cardiovascular risk factors in women; Declines in efficacy for gait and balance in older women -- the role of demographic factors and health conditions; Pain and physical activity in women with MS -- differential pattern of relationships with objective and self-report measures of physical activity; Perceived, desired, and actual body image -- a comparison of human kinetics and non human kinetics students; Benefits, risks, and patterns of exercise during pregnancy -- a focus on the expectant mother; Responses to physical activity -- gender differences in children; Changes in psychological well-being in depressed women following a multi-disciplinary therapy program, including psychomotor therapy; Physical activity, health and prevalence of overweight and musculoskeletal complaints in young women; Exercise and women's health -- results from finmonica study; HIV/AIDS, exercise and women's health research; Arterial stiffness and exercise in women; Index.