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Developing effective physical activity programs /

Contributor(s): Ransdell, Lynda.
Series: Physical activity intervention series: Publisher: Champaign, IL : Human Kinetics, c2009Description: xv, 199 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780736066938 (soft cover); 9780736066938:; 0736066934 (soft cover).Subject(s): Physical fitness | ExerciseDDC classification: 613.7
Contents:
Promoting and maintaining health through physical activity recommendations -- Planning and evaluating physical activity programs -- Measuring physical activity -- Interventions for women -- Interventions for obese and overweight people -- Interventions for older adults -- Interventions for ethnically diverse populations -- Increasing physical activity through environmental approaches -- Increasing physical activity by considering the setting -- Effectively using mediated programming.
Summary: This book emphasises the move away from a one-size-fits-all approach to physical activity interventions by providing evidence-based recommendations for designing, implementing and evaluating more effective and appropriate physical activity interventions for every individual.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-185) and index.

Promoting and maintaining health through physical activity recommendations -- Planning and evaluating physical activity programs -- Measuring physical activity -- Interventions for women -- Interventions for obese and overweight people -- Interventions for older adults -- Interventions for ethnically diverse populations -- Increasing physical activity through environmental approaches -- Increasing physical activity by considering the setting -- Effectively using mediated programming.

This book emphasises the move away from a one-size-fits-all approach to physical activity interventions by providing evidence-based recommendations for designing, implementing and evaluating more effective and appropriate physical activity interventions for every individual.

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