Physical Fitness and Wellness - 3rd Edition: Changing the Way You Look, Feel and Perform
Language: English
Published by Human Kinetics, 2004
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- Title
- Physical Fitness and Wellness - 3rd Edition: Changing the Way You Look, Feel and Perform
- Author
- Myers Oakes, Barbee,Dintiman, George,Greenberg, Jerrold
- Publisher
- Human Kinetics
- Publication year
- 2004
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0736046968
- ISBN 13
- 9780736046961
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
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About the Author
Jerrold S. Greenberg, EdD, is a professor in the department of public and community health at the University of Maryland. Dr. Greenberg was selected as an Alliance Scholar of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD) in 1996, and also received the Scholar Award from the American Association for Health Education (AAHE) in 1995.
Dr. Greenberg has authored more than 40 books and 80 articles, and he has made numerous presentations on wellness, fitness, and community health. He has served on numerous committees for AAHPERD and AAHE and for the American School Health Association. The leading scorer and most valuable player of his college basketball team, Dr. Greenberg remains active in basketball, tennis, aerobic activities, and weight training.
George Blough Dintiman, EdD, is professor emeritus at Virginia Commonwealth University, where he previously served as division chair and professor of health and physical education from 1968 to 1998. He is the author of 40 books and numerous videos on fitness and wellness, nutrition, weight control, general health, and speed improvement. He continues to conduct research on fitness and conditioning and is actively involved in consulting and writing.
Dr. Dintiman is cofounder and president of the National Association of Speed and Explosion, and he is an internationally known expert on the improvement of speed for team sports. He starred in football, basketball, and track in high school and college; was an NFL draft choice; and had his football jersey retired by Lock Haven University, where he still holds many rushing and scoring records. He was inducted into the Capital Area Chapter of the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame in 1993.
Dr. Dintiman has two daughters, one son, and three grandchildren. He and his wife, Carol Ann, live on the Outer Banks of North Carolina where they are avid participants in tennis, running, cycling, kayaking, and weight training.
Barbee Myers Oakes, PhD, is the director of multicultural affairs at Wake Forest University. Dr. Oakes is one of the first African American women in the American College of Sports Medicine to receive a doctorate. She has taught and researched in physical fitness and wellness for nearly 20 years, and she has published numerous articles and coauthored five books on related topics as well as presented at national and international conferences.
Dr. Oakes has focused much of her research efforts on minority and women's health issues. She is a member of the Steering Committee for the Maya Angelou Research Center on Minority Health at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine. She has been a member of the board of directors for the Association of Black Cardiologists and was a charter member of the International Society for Hypertension in Blacks. Dr. Oakes stays active by walking, cycling, and gardening.
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