Physical Activity Across the Lifespan Prevention and Treatment for H
The statistics are disturbing: steadily rising numbers of sedentary overweight children and obese teens, and a generation looking at a shorter life expectancy than their parents’. But while it may be obvious that physical fitness benefits both the mind an
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Issues in Children’s and Families’ Lives Series Editors: Thomas P. Gullotta, Child and Family Agency of Southeastern Connecticut, New London, Connecticut Herbert J. Walberg, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois Roger P. Weissberg, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
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Aleta L. Meyer
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Thomas P. Gullotta
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Jessica M. Ramos Research Assistant
Physical Activity Across the Lifespan Prevention and Treatment for Health and Well-Being A Sponsored Publication of the Child & Family Agency of Southeastern Connecticut
Editors Aleta L. Meyer Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation Administration for Children and Families Washington, DC, USA
Thomas P. Gullotta Child and Family Agency of Southeastern Connecticut New London, CT 06320, USA
ISSN 1572-1981 ISBN 978-1-4614-3605-8 ISBN 978-1-4614-3606-5 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-4614-3606-5 Springer New York Heidelberg Dordrecht London Library of Congress Control Number: 2012939063 © Springer Science+Business Media New York 2012 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the ma
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