A History of Health & Fitness: Implications for Policy Today

by Roy J. Shephard

Book Overview

This book provides a unique and succinct account of the history of health and fitness, responding to the growing recognition of physicians, policy makers and the general public that exercise is the most potent form of medicine available to humankind. Individual chapters present information extending from the earliest reaches of human history to the present day, arranged in the form of 30 thematic essays covering topics from the supposed idyll of the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319650963
• ISBN13: 9783319650968
• Release Date: November 2017
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 516 Pages
• Weight: 2.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"