European Occupational Health Series : Environmental Health Service; European Environmental Health Service, Volume 4: Reference Methods for Measuring Airborne Man-Made Mineral Fibers (MMMF)

By World Health Organization

Book Id: WPLBN0000145379
Format Type: PDF eBook
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Reproduction Date: 2005

Title:	European Occupational Health Series : Environmental Health Service; European Environmental Health Service, Volume 4: Reference Methods for Measuring Airborne Man-Made Mineral Fibers (MMMF)
Author:	World Health Organization
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Language:	English
Subject:	Health., Public health, Wellness programs
Collections:	Medical Library Collection, World Health Collection
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Publisher:	World Health Organization


Citation APA MLA Chicago Organization, W. H. (n.d.). European Occupational Health Series : Environmental Health Service; European Environmental Health Service, Volume 4. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.cc/

Description
Medical Reference Publication

Excerpt
Physical fitness is of paramount importance in maintaining a satisfactoly level of health. The human body was built for activity and it needs activity to finction properly.

Table of Contents
CONTENTS Page Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 PART I: HABITUAL PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN RELATION TO HEALTH CHAPTER 1 . PHYSIOLOGICALP RINCIPLES OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY . . 5 Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Energy production and utilization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Energy transfer and liberation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Energy provided by oxidation of nutrients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Energy provided by anaerobic glycogenolysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Energy expenditure at rest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Energy expenditure during physical activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Mechanical efficiency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 CHAPTER 2 . GRADING THE INTENSITY OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY . . . . 18 Kilocalories and kilojoules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Volume of oxygen consumed per minute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Relative load index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Multiples of basal metabolic rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Heartrate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 CHAPTER 3 . PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND FITNESS DURING GROWTH . . 27 Habitual physical activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Fitness in children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Ethnic differences in fitness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Influence of physical training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Effect of low nutritional intake upon fitness during growth . . . . . . . 35 CHAPTER 4 . PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND FITNESS DURING AGING . . . 37 Energy expenditure during occupational and leisure time activity . . . 37 Fitness and age . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Ethnic differences in fitness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43