Youth physical activity and sedentary behavior
Subtitle: challenges and solutions
By: Alan L. Smith and Stuart J.H. Biddle, editors.
Contributors: Smith, Alan L., 1968-; Biddle, Stuart.
Publisher: Human Kinetics
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Champaign, IL
Language: eng
Number of pages: 518
ISBN-13: 9780736065092
Subjects: Obesity in adolescence -- Prevention; Health behavior in adolescence; Exercise -- Psychological aspects; Obesity -- prevention & control; Adolescent; Attitude to Health; Child; Exercise
Description: xix, 491 p. : 26 cm
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Definitions and measurement / Simon J. Marshall and Gregory J. Welk; title: Youth health outcomes / David J. Stensel, Trish Gorely, and Stuart J.H. Biddle; title: A sociohistorical analysis of U.S. youth physical activity and sedentary behavior / Mary McElroy; title: Conceptual perspectives / Claudio R. Nigg and Raheem J. Paxton; title: "Couch potatoes" and "wind-up dolls"? A critical assessment of the ethics of youth physical activity research / Michael Gard; title: Biocultural factors in developing physical activity levels / Robert M. Malina; title: Youth attitudes / Martin S. Hagger and Nikos L.D. Chatzisarantis; title: Motivational characteristics / Stuart J.H. Biddle, Darren C. Treasure, and C.K. John Wang; title: The role of the self / Peter R.E. Crocker, Kent C. Kowalski, and Valerie Hadd; title: Youth with movement difficulties / Janice Causgrove Dunn and Donna L. Goodwin; title: The family / Brian E. Saelens and Jacqueline Kerr; title: Peers / Alan L. Smith and Meghan H. McDonough; title: Physical activity levels during the school day / Gareth Stratton, Stuart J. Fairclough, and Nicola D. Ridgers; title: Organized sport and physical activity promotion / Robert J. Brustad, Runar Vilhjalmsson, and Antonio Manuel Fonseca; title: Community out-of-school physical activity promotion / David A. Dzewaltowski; title: Living environments / Jo Salmon ... [et al.]; title: Economic principles / Chad D. Meyerhoefer; title: Culturally appropriate research and interventions / Suzanna M. Martinez ... [et al.].