Physical activity clearly is associated with decreased risk                   of many chronic diseases, as well as with longer life.                   Utilizing modern epidemiologic methods, studies of physical                   activity and health have been conducted since the 1940s.                 However physical inactivity did not gain widespread                   acknowledgement as a major risk factor for poor health until                   1992, when the American Heart Association recognized it as a                   risk factor for heart disease, on par with risk factors such                 as smoking.  This text includes chapters describing the associations                   between physical activity and major diseases. With a major                   emphasis on the methods underpinning studies that can be                   conducted to elucidate these associations, this book is an                 important guide for those performing the informative epidemiologic studies needed to reduce the increasing number                   of people diagnosed with chronic disease due to inactivity.

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