Fitness and cardiovascular risk factors : what everyone should know / Linda Landini and Aurelio Leone.

Includes index.

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FITNESS AND CARDIOVASCULAR RISK FACTORS: WHAT EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW; FITNESS AND CARDIOVASCULAR RISK FACTORS: WHAT EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; BIOGRAPHY OF THE AUTHORS; Chapter 1: THE ROLE OF FITNESS IN PERFORMING AN EXERCISE; CARDIORESPIRATORY ENDURANCE; MUSCULAR STRENGTH; BODY PERFORMANCE; FLEXIBILITY; CONCLUSION; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; Chapter 2: PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE TO EXERCISE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; RESPIRATORY CHANGES; OTHER STRUCTURES INVOLVED; SUMMARY; REFERENCES.

Chapter 3: FITNESS DEVICES RELATED TO THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMBASIC EXERCISES FOR THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; Chapter 4: IMPACT OF FITNESS ON POPULATION HEALTH; HYGIENE OF HEALTH; PATHS OF FITNESS RELATED TO CARDIOVASCULAR RISK FACTORS; CURRENT OPINIONS; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; Chapter 5: CARDIOVASCULAR RISK FACTORS ; THE CONCEPT OF RISK (RISK VS. ETIOLOGIC FACTOR); EPIDEMIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; PREVENTIVE EFFECTS ON CARDIOVASCULAR RISK FACTORS; RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE MAJOR RISK FACTORS; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; Chapter 6: SMOKING; INTRODUCTION; ACTIVE SMOKING.

PASSIVE SMOKINGCOMBINED EXPOSURE TO ACTIVE AND PASSIVE SMOKING; TOBACCO PRODUCTS WITH CARDIOVASCULAR TROPISM; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; Chapter 7: HYPERTENSION; THE GLOBAL BURDEN OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SURVEYS FROM LARGE-SCALE TRIALS; RISK FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH HYPERTENSION; MECHANISMS OF HYPERTENSION-RELATED DISORDERS; HYPERTENSION AND FITNESS; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; Chapter 8: METABOLIC DISORDERS ; INTRODUCTION; LIPID METABOLISM DISORDERS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; LIPIDS ASSOCIATED WITH OTHER MAJOR RISK FACTORS; LIPID PROFILE AND FITNESS; DISORDERS OF GLUCOSE METABOLISM.

GLUCOSE DISORDERS AND ASSOCIATED RISK FACTORSFITNESS AND GLUCOSE DISORDERS; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; Chapter 9: OBESITY AND FITNESS; INTRODUCTION; MHO PREVALENCE; HYPOTHESIZED PATHOGENIC MECHANISMS; TREATMENT OF MHO INDIVIDUALS; ROLE OF FITNESS; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; Chapter 10: LIFESTYLE AND FITNESS ; INTRODUCTION; RACE AND LIFESTYLE; GENDER AND LIFESTYLE; AGE AND LIFESTYLE; FAMILIARITY, COLLECTIVITIES, AND LIFE CHOICES; EXTERNAL FACTORS; PATHOLOGICAL FACTORS; LIFESTYLE AND PHYSICAL EXERCISE; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; Chapter 11: FINAL REMARKS ; INTRODUCTION; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; INDEX.

The Fitness is a widespread practice especially in Western countries and is being investigated in several respects from a scientific and health perspective as well as its role in obtaining a pleasing physical appearance. The authors also discuss fitness as a recreational hobby. Since it involves physical exercises that require an adequate preparation and not completely without risk to health, it is essential that those practitioners are made aware of both the basic principles of fitness and the potential adverse effects associated with it. This is true primarily when cardiovascular risk factor.

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