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Physical Activity and Health Promotion
Physical Activity and Health Promotion: Evidence-based Approaches to Practice evaluates the realities and complexities of working to reverse the adverse trend toward physical inactivity. It is a well-rounded, evidence-based study of interventions for physical activity practice, covering a range of settings and target groups. Expert contributors present case studies which help to translate the theory into practice, from individual to societal levels, enriched by explanations of the socio-political context.
Promoting Physical Activity and Active Living in Urban Environments
People's participation in physical activity is influenced by the built, natural and social environments in which they live, as well as by personal factors such as sex, age, ability, time and motivation. Local governments can play a crucial role in creating environments that promote opportunities for physical activity and active living through its planning, social and environmental policies. This publication presents the best available evidence on physical activity in the urban environment and makes suggestions for policy and practice on the role of local governments.
Exercise and You - The Complete Guide
Exercising regularly helps us to maintain both good physical and psychological health, as well as reducing our risk of developing chronic illnesses in the future. It can also be a great social outlet and a good way to meet new people. Exercise and You: The Complete Guide is your straightforward and friendly guide to everything you need to know about exercise. It is packed full of reliable information, facts and sensible advice from both the NHS and the Health-e-Buddy team. Covering a wide variety of topics, that range from exercise benefits and types of exercise to basic nutrition and planning your routine, this eBook is great for both newcomers to exercise and as a reference source for more seasoned athletes. Go for it!"
Sustainable Transport
With a wide range of contributions from America, Australia, Europe as well as the UK, Creating Sustainable Transport sums up many of the lessons learned and how they can be applied in improved planning. Non-motorized transport planning depends on combining improvements to infrastructure with education. The book examines both national strategies and local initiatives in cities around the world, including such topics as changes to existing road infrastructure and the integration of cycling and walking with public transport. The contributors consider topics such as developing healthier travel habits and ways of promoting cycling and walking as alternatives to the car.
The Self-Care Handbook
IMPROVE YOUR HEALTH AND WELLBEING AND FEEL GOOD ABOUT YOURSELF. Are you taking care of yourself? Do you know that making some straightforward changes can help you become happier, healthier and more fulfilled? LOOK AFTER YOUR PHYSICAL AND MENTAL WELLBEING BY INCORPORATING NEW WAYS OF THINKING AND HEALTHY BEHAVIOURS INTO YOUR LIFE. With practical guidance from bestselling personal development author Gill Hasson, you'll learn how to take care of your wellbeing; to balance your mind and body, and feel good about yourself. Providing an achievable, straightforward approach, The Self-Care Handbook will help you: Improve your mental and physical health in ways that fit with your life Develop a positive relationship with yourself Manage and simplify a busy life Know how best to switch off and enjoy yourself Look after yourself when you're going through difficulties, setbacks or a crisis The Self-Care Handbook will guide you to better mental, emotional and physical health and wellbeing, one step at a time.
Advances in Transportation and Health
Transportation and Health provides state-of-the-art knowledge on the many linkages between transport and health, the available tools needed to estimate and evaluate the health impacts of transport, future technologies, the developments that can change the direction and magnitude of the health impacts, and the policy and education issues that can result in better practice and knowledge translation. The book provides valuable information on how and why to take health into consideration in transport planning and policy, showing how to estimate the impacts of transport on health in planning, policymaking, education and workforce development.
Data Analytics: Paving the Way to Sustainable Urban Mobility
This book aims at showing how big data sources and data analytics can play an important role in sustainable mobility. It is especially intended to provide academicians, researchers, practitioners and decision makers with a snapshot of methods that can be effectively used to improve urban mobility. The different chapters, which report on contributions presented at the 4th Conference on Sustainable Urban Mobility, held on May 24-25, 2018, in Skiathos Island, Greece, cover different thematic areas, such as social networks and traveler behavior, applications of big data technologies in transportation and analytics, transport infrastructure and traffic management, transportation modeling, vehicle emissions and environmental impacts, public transport and demand responsive systems, intermodal interchanges, smart city logistics systems, data security and associated legal aspects. They show in particular how to apply big data in improving urban mobility, discuss important challenges in developing and implementing analytics methods and provide the reader with an up-to-date review of the most representative research on data management techniques for enabling sustainable urban mobility
INTRODUCTION TO PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Physical education, PE or P.E. (in many Commonwealth countries also known as physical training, PT), is an educational course related to the physique of the human body, taken during primary and secondary education that encourages psychomotor learning in a play or movement exploration setting to promote health The Health and Physical Education domain provides students with knowledge, skills and behaviours to enable them to achieve a degree of autonomy in developing and maintaining their physical, mental, social and emotional health. This domain focuses on the importance of a healthy lifestyle and physical activity in the lives of individuals and groups in our society.
The First City on Mars: An Urban Planner’s Guide to Settling the Red Planet
Hundreds of novels, films, and TV shows have speculated about what it would be like for us Earthlings to build cities on Mars. To make it a reality, however, these dreamers are in sore need of additional conceptual tools in their belt—particularly, a rich knowledge of city planning and design. Enter award-winning author and Tufts University professor, Justin Hollander. In this book, he draws on his experience as an urban planner and researcher of human settlements to provide a thoughtful exploration of what a city on Mars might actually look like. Exploring the residential, commercial, industrial, and infrastructure elements of such an outpost, the book is able to paint a vivid picture of ...
