A highly illustrated textbook for a one-semester, essentials-oriented exercise physiology course, being somewhat of a streamlined version of the authors' Exercise Physiology: Energy, Nutrition, and Human Performance . It contains 18 chapters in six major sections: energy transfer and physical activity; nutrition for physical activity; the physiologic support systems; exercise training and functional capacity; factors affecting physiologic function, energy transfer, and performance; and body composition, weight control, and health-related aspects of exercise. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
