Quest for ideal weight: costs and consequences
Article Abstract:
The costs of attempting to arrive at an ideal weight are examined. Amounts spent on professional consulting, special foods, books, materials, diet programming, clothes, equipment, club memberships, cosmetic surgery and time are considered, as are psychological dangers.
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, WK Health
Publication Name: Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 0195-9131
Year: 1999
Psychological aspects, Causes of, Eating disorders, Body image, Obesity, Diet
Publication Name: Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 0195-9131
Year: 1999
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The effect of prolonged exercise on lipid peroxidation in eumenorrheic female runners
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Prolonged exercise does not appear to increase the possibility for lipid peroxidation in trained women runners experiencing a low estrogen phase in their menstrual cycle. Estrogens as free radical scavengers and the effects of half-marathon are examined.
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, WK Health
Publication Name: Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 0195-9131
Year: 1999
Research, Antioxidants, Antioxidants (Nutrients), Estrogen, Estrogens, Menstruation, Women athletes
Publication Name: Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 0195-9131
Year: 1999
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Subjects list: Health aspects, Exercise
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