Food and Fitness: A Dictionary of Diet and Exercise

From abdominal contraction to zinc oxide ointment, Michael Kent's dictionary provides comprehensive coverage on matters of health and fitness, including muscles and vitamins, drugs and injuries, and appendices on recommended dietary allowances and intakes, nutrient intakes, ratings for activities and sports, exercise benefits, and the composition of selected foods. It covers athlete's foot and Atkins diet, blisters and the blind stork test, march fractures and marasmas, vegans and volleyball. Particularly useful to health and fitness trainers, PE students, coaches and athletes, the dictionary is a helpful reference for anyone wishing to improve fitness, exercise, and dietary health. --Stephanie Gold