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Bioenergetics primer for exercise science /
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| Format: | Printed Book |
| Language: | English |
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Champaign, IL :
Human Kinetics,
c2008.
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| Series: | Primers in exercise science series
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| Online Access: | http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0720/2007023568.html |
Table of Contents:
- Essentials of bioenergetics
- Energy and energy metabolism
- Energy
- Energy consumption
- Energy transformation
- Energy transformation in sports and physical activity
- Metabolism of macronutrients during exercise
- Carbohydrate
- Lipids
- Protein and amino acids
- Regulation of energy metabolism
- Overview of a biological control system
- Neural and hormonal control systems
- Regulation of substrate metabolism during exercise
- Application of bioenergetics in physical activity
- Measurement of energy metabolism
- Laboratory approaches
- Field-based techniques
- Subjective measures
- Energy cost of physical activities and sports
- Principles of energy utilization during exercise
- Energy cost during various exercises
- Metabolic calculation
- Exercise strategies for enhancing energy utilization
- Physical activity and energy balance
- Enhancing energy expenditure through exercise and physical activity
- Exercise intensity and fat utilization
- Other exercise strategies
- Limitations of exercise alone in weight management
- Bioenergetics in special cases
- Metabolic adaptations to exercise training
- Cellular adaptations to aerobic training
- Changes in fuel utilization
- Responses of oxygen uptake and endurance performance
- Adaptations to anaerobic and resistance training
- Influence of gender and age on metabolism
- Gender differences in substrate metabolism
- Pregnancy
- Exercise metabolism in the elderly
- Energy metabolism in children and adolescents
- Energy metabolism in people with obesity and diabetes
- General description of the diseases
- Insulin resistance
- Alterations in metabolism during exercise in obesity and diabetes
- Role of exercise in improving insulin sensitivity
- Influences on bioenergetics apart from physical activity
- Resting metabolic rate
- General description of resting metabolic rate
- Measurement of resting metabolic rate
- Factors influencing resting metabolic rate
- Influence of exercise on resting metabolic rate
- Role of resting metabolic rate in the pathogenesis of obesity
- Thermic effect of food
- Thermic effect of food and its measurement
- Influence of protein, carbohydrate, and fat consumption
- Other factors influencing thermic effect of food
- Interaction between physical activity and thermic effect of food
- Thermic effect of food and obesity
- Selected pharmacologic and nutritional substances
- Sibutramine
- Leptin
- Ephedrine
- Caffeine.