Physical Activity and Health

• List of contributors; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction N. G. Norgan; 2. Comparative aspects of human activity R. McNeil Alexander; 3. Physical activity levels - past and present J. V. G. A. Durnin; 4. The validity of health measurements J. R. Kemm; 5. Developments in the assessment of physical activity Peter S. W. Davies; 6. Two national surveys of activity, fitness and health: the Allied Dunbar Fitness Survey and the Welsh Heart Health Survey C. B. Cooke et al.; 7. Physical development and childhood activity Han G. C. Kemper; 8. Physical activity and behavioural development during childhood and youth Robert M. Malina; 9. Physiological aspects of activity and ageing E. J. Bassey; 10. Activity and morale in later life: preliminary analysis from the Nottingham Longitudinal Study of Activity and Ageing Kate Bennett and Kevin Morgan; 11. The benefits of low intensity exercise Adrianne Hardman; 12. Physical activity, obesity and weight maintenance Wim H. M. Saris; 13. Adherence to physical activity and exercise Stuart Biddle; 14. Women's working behaviour and maternal-child health in rural Nepal Catherine Panter-Brick; 15. Physical activity and psychological well-being Andrew Steptoe; 16. Leisure lifestyles: present and future Sue Glyptis; Index.

Review of the hardback: '… the evidence presented ought to convince even the most committed lay-about that some exercise is a good thing.' R. J. Maughan, BMJ