Growth, Maturation and Physical Activity

Growth, Maturation and Physical Activity (second edition)
Robert M. Malina, Claude Bouchard, Oded Bar-Or
Human Kinetics, 2005
The second edition of Growth, Maturation, and Physical Activity has been expanded and thoroughly updated, making it the most comprehensive text of the biological growth and maturation of children and adolescents. The new edition retains all the best features of the original, including the helpful outlines at the beginning of each chapter that allow students to review major concepts and assess their understanding of the material. 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 provide updates on thermoregulation and secular trends
• Discussions that span current problems in public health, such as the quantification of physical activíry 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 and development; and applications to several contexts in public health, clinical medicine, sport, and human biology. Growth, Maturation, and Physical Activity, Second Edition, covers many new topics, including techniques for the assessment of body composition, the latest advances in the study of skeletal muscle, the human genome project, the hormonal regulation of growth and maturation, clarification of dietary reference intakes, and the study of risk 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.