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Title: Obesity in Europe

Obesity in Europe

Young people‘s physical activity and sedentary lifestyles

by Wolf-Dietrich Brettschneider (Volume editor) Roland Naul (Volume editor)
©2007 Edited Collection VI, 323 Pages
Education
Series: Sport Sciences International, Volume 4

Summary

It was in 2003 that the EU Commission Directorate General for Education and Culture commissioned a «Study on young people’s lifestyles and sedentariness and the role of sport in the context of education and as a means of restoring the balance». The purpose of this study was to compile an intercultural comparative analysis of adolescents’ lifestyles within the EU. This analysis was based on international and national studies from the areas of epidemiology, cardiology, paediatrics, physiology, nutrition, psychology, sociology and sport sciences dealing with physical activity, fitness and motor abilities.

Details

Pages
VI, 323
Publication Year
2007
ISBN (Softcover)
9783631564691
Language
English
Keywords
Europa Kind Fettsucht Prävention Aufsatzsammlung Overweight Physical Fitness Youth Sport Nutrition Physical Activity Sportliche Aktivität Cardiovascular desease
Published
Frankfurt am Main, Berlin, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford, Wien, 2007. VI, 323 pp., num. fig., tables and graphs
Product Safety
Peter Lang Group AG

Biographical notes

Wolf-Dietrich Brettschneider (Volume editor) Roland Naul (Volume editor)

The Editors: Wolf-Dietrich Brettschneider is professor for sport sciences at the University of Paderborn, Germany. His areas of research are theoretical and methodological questions of sport pedagogy and empirical research on children and youth. Roland Naul, M.A., is professor for sport sciences and sport pedagogy at the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany and head of the Willibald Gebhardt Research Institute e.V., Essen. He is specialized in European studies in physical education and youth sports.

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