American idle
Subtitle: a journey through our sedentary culture
By: Mary Collins.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Capital ideas series; Capital ideas series
Publisher: Capital Books
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Sterling, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 195
ISBN-13: 9781933102887
Subjects: Exercise -- United States; Health behavior -- United States; Physical fitness -- United States; Motor Activity -- United States; Health Behavior -- United States; Health Policy -- United States; Life Style -- United States; Physical Fitness -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Meet the first walkers : the American heartland 14,000 years ago; title: What do our bodies want (and why)? : the history of the body as told by the body; title: Physical grace : the Olympic center; title: Flashback : how did work become sedentary and physical activity become leisure?; title: Moving on the job today : assembly lines in Pennsylvania; title: Action and stillness in nature : how do animals achieve a healthy balance?; title: Action and stillness in humans : can Americans achieve a healthy balance?; title: A tour through sixty years of advice; title: Seeking solutions in the twenty-first century; title: The social costs : trekking New York City for answers; title: A spiritual solution?; title: The morality in play; title: This is your brain on exercise.