Physical activity, fitness, and health: consensus statement

Abstract

Physical activity and fitness: evolutionary perspective and trends for the future, Per-Olof Astrand heredity, activity level, fitness and health, Claude Bouchard and Louis Perusse costs and benefits of an active versus an inactive society, Robert L. Kaman and Robert W. Patton laboratory and field tests for assessing health-related fitness, James S. Skinner and Pekka Oja measurement of health status and well-being, Carl J. Caspersen et al demography of health-related fitness levels within and between populations, Roy J. Shephard physical activity and nutrition in the context of fitness and health, Gail E. Butterfield and Angelo Tremblay physical activity and the microcirculation in cardiac and skeletal muscle, M. Harold Laughlin et al response and adaptation of skeletal muscle to changes in physical activity, John A. Faulkner et al physical activity and carbohydrate metabolism, George A. Brooks physical activity and ageing - sensory and perceptual processing, George E. Stelmach physical activity and psychosocial outcomes, Edward McAuley, physical activity, fitness and atherosclerosis, Sean Moore physical activity, fitness and osteoarthritis, Richard S. Panush physical activity, fitness and depression, William P. Morgan physical activity - relationship to growth, maturation and physical fitness, Robert M. Malina exercise training and the male reproductive system, David C. Cumming and Garry D. Wheeler risks of exercising - musculoskeletal injuries, Russell A. Pate and Caroline A. Macera dose-response issues from a biological perspective, William L. Haskell.