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Exercise
Physiology: Energy, Nutrition, and Human Performance
by William D. McArdle, Frank I. Katch, Victor L. Katch
From Book News, Inc.
New edition of a text that provides a strong academic foundation
in nutrition, energy transfer, and exercise training. The seven
chapters discuss nutrition as the base for human performance,
energy for physical activity, systems of energy delivery and utilization,
enhancement of energy capacity, the effect of environmental stress,
the effect of exercise on successful aging and disease prevention,
and body composition, energy balance, and weight control. New
to this edition are about 60 new topic headings as well as a chapter
on the physiologic and anatomic effects of exposure to microgravity
in space exploration, information on current research, a molecular
biology content area, and interviews with nine contemporary scientists.
Contains about 600 figures, charts, tables, and color photographs.Book
News, Inc.®, Portland, OR
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