
Epidemiologic Methods in Physical Activity Studies
I-Min Lee(Editor)
Oxford University Press Inc
Published on 18. September 2008
Book
Hardback
352 pages
978-0-19-518300-9 (ISBN)
Description
Physical activity clearly is associated with decreased risk of many chronic diseases, as well as with longer life. Utilizing modern epidemiologic methods, studies of physical activity and health have been conducted since the 1940s. However physical inactivity did not gain widespread acknowledgement as a major risk factor for poor health until 1992, when the American Heart Association recognized it as a risk factor for heart disease, on par with risk factors such as smoking.
This text includes chapters describing the associations between physical activity and major diseases. With a major emphasis on the methods underpinning studies that can be conducted to elucidate these associations, this book is an important guide for those performing the informative epidemiologic studies needed to reduce the increasing number of people diagnosed with chronic disease due to inactivity.
This text includes chapters describing the associations between physical activity and major diseases. With a major emphasis on the methods underpinning studies that can be conducted to elucidate these associations, this book is an important guide for those performing the informative epidemiologic studies needed to reduce the increasing number of people diagnosed with chronic disease due to inactivity.
Reviews / Votes
A thorough and thought-provoking overview of the rapidly evolving field of physical activity and inactivity measurement and of data analytic techniques... an excellent companion for physical activity researchers and students alike. * American Journal of Epidemiology *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
7 halftones, 49 line illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 260 mm
Width: 183 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
839 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-518300-9 (9780195183009)
Copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or by the publishers or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions

E-Book
09/2008
OUP eBook
€53.99
Available for download
Person
Editor
Associate Professor of MedicineAssociate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, USA
Content
CONTENTS; CONTRIBUTORS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS, I-MIN LEE, RALPH S. PAFFENBARGER, JR; EPIDEMIOLOGIC DATA, SECTION EDITOR: JOANN MANSON; PROMOTING PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, SECTION EDITOR: STEVEN N. BLAIR