Sedentary lifestyle :  predictive factors, health risks and physiological implications / 
editor, Ahmad Alkhatib (Director of Sport Science Program, Associate Professor in Clinical Exercise Physiology, College of Arts and Sciences, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar). 
 - 1 online resource 
 - Physical fitness, diet and exercise .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Sedentarism and the endo-metabolic system -- Workplace sedentary health risks and exercise interventions -- Sedentariness and physical inactivity in diabetes: a case for home-based exercise prescription -- Epicardial adipose tissue thickness as a predictor for plaque -- The effects of ageing and exercise on skeletal muscle structure and function -- The effect of physical activity on the biomechanics of functional mobility in older people -- Charactertistics of preferred gait patterns: considerations for exercise prescription -- Physical activity and health in adolescents -- integrated curriculum, pedometer interventions to increase physical activity and improve health in children: a brief review. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781634846837 1634846834 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2016016593 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Sedentary behavior--Health aspects.<br/>Sedentary behavior--Complications.<br/>Physical Fitness.<br/>Public Health.<br/>HEALTH & FITNESS--Healthy Living.<br/>HEALTH & FITNESS--Holism.<br/>HEALTH & FITNESS--Reference.<br/>MEDICAL--Preventive Medicine.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RA776.9 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>613 
<br/><br/><label>National Library of Medicine Call No.: </label>QT 256