Physical activity and health
Subtitle: a report of the Surgeon General.
Contributors: United States. Public Health Service. Office of the Surgeon General.; National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (U.S.); President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports (U.S.)
Publisher: U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion; President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports; For sale by the Supt. of Docs..
Published: 1996
Place of publication: [Atlanta, Ga.?]; Pittsburgh, PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 278
Subjects: Health promotion -- United States.; Physical fitness -- United States.; Health education -- United States.; Exercise -- United States -- Physiological aspects.; Physical Fitness.; Exercise.; Health Promotion -- United States.
Other titles: Report of the Surgeon General.
Notes: "S/N 017-023-00196-5"--T.p. verso.

"This report was prepared by the Department of Health and Human Services under the direction of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, in collaboration with the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports."--P.vii.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: value: Historic background, terminology, evolution of recommendations and measurement; value: Physiologic responses and long-term adaptations to exercise; value: The effects of physical activity on health and disease; value: Patterns and trends in physical activity; value: Understanding and promoting physical activity.