Educating the Student Body: Taking Physical Activity and Physical Education to School

by Institute of Medicine, Food and Nutrition Board, Committee on Physical Activity and Physical Education in the School Environment

Physical inactivity is a key determinant of health across the lifespan. A lack of activity increases the risk of heart disease, colon and breast cancer, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, osteoporosis, anxiety and depression and others diseases. Emerging literature has suggested that in terms of mortality, the global population health burden of physical inactivity approaches that of cigarette smoking. The prevalence and substantial disease risk associated...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309283132
• ISBN13: 9780309283137
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 502 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.1"