Biochemistry Primer for Exercise Science - Softcover

Peter M. Tiidus; A. Russell Tupling; Michael E. Houston

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0736096051 ISBN 13: 9780736096058

Publisher: Human Kinetics Australia P/L, 2012

Synopsis

We are being constantly reminded that there is an obesity crisis for a growing number of the worlds population and of the need to increase physical activity while simultaneously cutting back on food energy intake. Students trained in traditional exercise physiology can understand the basic energy concepts that underlie our obesity epidemic but may lack the molecular basics on which all human science is founded. There is a need for educated people who not only understand exercise physiology but also are thoroughly grounded in the thermodynamic concepts of human energy metabolism at a more detailed, molecular level. This text aims to provide exercise science students with an introduction to biochemistry that will give them this greater insight on the working of metabolism and the human bodys response to physical activity.

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About the Author

Peter M. Tiidus, Ph.D. is a professor and former Chair of the department of Kinesiology and Physical Education at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo Ontario Canada. A. Russell Tupling, Ph.D. is an associate professor in the Department of Kinesiology at the University of Waterloo, where he teaches courses in exercise science and the physiology of obesity and diabetes. Michael E. Houston was the author of the first three editions of Biochemistry Primer for Exercise Science. This fourth edition has built upon his body of work and still incorporates a major portion of his third edition.

Edition details

• Publisher: Human Kinetics Australia P/L
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0736096051
• ISBN 13: 9780736096058
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 312