Fit and healthy from 1 to 100 with nutrition and exercise : current medical knowledge on health / Dietgar Mathias.
2022
RA776
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Fit and healthy from 1 to 100 with nutrition and exercise : current medical knowledge on health / Dietgar Mathias.
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ISBN
9783662659618 (electronic bk.)
3662659611 (electronic bk.)
9783662659601
3662659603
3662659611 (electronic bk.)
9783662659601
3662659603
Published
Berlin : Springer, [2022]
Copyright
©2022
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xiii, 254 pages) : illustrations
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-662-65961-8 doi
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RA776
Dewey Decimal Classification
613
Summary
Nutrition and exercise are the cornerstones of our health. But why actually? What exactly do weight training and endurance sports do? And how do certain foods influence our metabolism? How does sore muscles actually develop? The author, a chemist and doctor, explains in an understandable way how the body works and the influence of nutrition and exercise on our health. At the same time, he scientifically presents the correlations based on current studies, including intervention and long-term studies. He clearly describes the interactions of nutrition and exercise on body weight, metabolism, fatty tissue and hormones, the cardiovascular system, bone structure and the immune system. Each topic is clearly described on one page. A non-fiction book for all those who are interested in doing something for their health and want to know why. Plus: glossary to look up medical terms and extensive literature references around studies on nutrition, exercise and health. The author Dietger Mathias, studied chemistry and medicine in Berlin and Heidelberg, doctorate in both subjects, habilitation in medicine, one-year research stay at New York University with Severo Ochoa. Two years as a research assistant at the Hannover Medical School and 18 years at the University Hospital in Heidelberg. There also further training as a specialist in laboratory medicine/transfusion medicine. From 1992 to 2012, practising physician in Geesthacht and Berlin. Author of numerous non-fiction and specialist books on the subject of nutrition and exercise. .
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Table of Contents
I Nutrition
II Exercise
III Appendix.
II Exercise
III Appendix.