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Physical Activity and Behavioral Medicine (Behavioral Medicine and Health Psychology)

Author James F. Sallis, Neville G. Owen
Publisher SAGE Publications, Inc
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ISBN / ASIN0803959974
ISBN-139780803959972
MarketplaceUnited Kingdom 🇬🇧

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`This is timely and will be of special interest to health service managers and members of primary care groups because the successful promotion of regular physical activity is a challenge contained in the strategy of Our Healthier Nation and is a candidate for incorporation into health improvement programmes and the service framework for coronary heart disease' - Health Service Journal

This crisply written and thought-provoking book integrates theories and studies from several disciplines to examine what is known about physical activity and health.

The authors use a behavioural epidemiology framework to organize the book and explore such topics as: physical activity and the health of ch