The second edition of Growth, Maturation, and Physical Activity has been expanded with almost 300 new pages of material, making it the most comprehensive text on the biological growth, maturation, physical performance, and physical activity of children and adolescents. The new edition retains all the best features of the original text, including the helpful outlines at the beginning of each chapter that allow students to review major concepts.

This edition features updates on basic content, expanded and modified chapters, and the latest research findings to meet the needs of upper undergraduate and graduate students as well as researchers and professionals working with children and young adults. The second edition also includes these new features:

-10 lab activities that encourage students to investigate subject matter outside of class and save teachers time

-A complete reference list at the end of each chapter

-Chapter-ending summaries to make the review process easy for students

-New chapters that contain updates on thermoregulation, methods for the assessment of physical activity, undernutrition, obesity, children with clinical conditions, and trends in growth and performance

-Discussions that span current problems in public health, such as the quantification of physical activity and energy expenditure, persistent undernutrition in developing countries, and the obesity epidemic in developed countries The authors are three of the world's foremost authorities on children's growth and development. In 29 chapters, they address introductory concepts and prenatal growth, postnatal growth, functional development, biological maturation, influencing factors in growth, maturation and development, and specific applications to public health and sport. In addition, secular trends in growth, maturation, and performance over the past 150 years are considered. You'll be able to recognize risk factors that may affect young athletes; you'll also be able to make informed decisions about appropriate physical activities, program delivery, and performance expectations.

Growth, Maturation, and Physical Activity, Second Edition, covers many additional topics, including new techniques for the assessment of body composition, the latest advances in the study of skeletal muscle, the human genome, the hormonal regulation of growth and maturation, clarification of dietary reference intakes, and the study of risk factors for several adult diseases.

This is the only text to focus on the biological growth and maturation process of children and adolescents as it relates to physical activity and performance. With over 300 new pages of material, this text expertly builds on the successful first edition.

Reviewer:Michael White, MD(Ochsner Clinic Foundation)
Description:This is the second edition of a book that provides an excellent review of the issues of growth and development as they relate to the ability to train and exercise. Directed mainly at exercise physiologists or kinesiologists interested in child and teenage athletes, the book should also interest physicians or healthcare professionals who might provide primary care for this group of patients. The book provides a broad and sometimes detailed overview of anatomical, physiological and psychological development. The first edition was published in 1991.
Purpose:The purpose is to provide a course of study for exercise physiologists and kinesiologists. The book includes lab exercises and chapters on the impact that exercise has on public health.
Audience:Teachers of exercise physiology and their students are the primary audience for this book.
Features:This book provides a comprehensive look at issues of growth and development as they may relate to the ability to exercise starting with prenatal issues and continuing through adolescence. It reviews the issues carefully and presents the measures used to quantify development related to these issues. An effort is also made to discuss the elements of study design necessary to evaluate these issues.
Assessment:This is an excellent text for a course in the development of the ability to exercise. It is a timely update of the previous edition.

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