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This digital document is an article from Clinical Psychiatry News, published by International Medical News Group on March 1, 2003. The length of the article is 637 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: HHS takes over visa waiver for underserved areas. (International Medical Graduates).(Dept. of Health and Human Services)
Author: Joyce Frieden
Publication: Clinical Psychiatry News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 1, 2003
Publisher: International Medical News Group
Volume: 31Issue: 3Page: 88(1)

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Here are detailed facts about your Medicare benefits and the health plan options available to you. Includes a telephone directory of contacts and a worksheet for comparing Medicare health plans. ... Read more

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Report on the health and activity level of the nation. Identifies the effects of physical activity on health and disease as well as trends and patterns in adults. Previous edition: c1996. Softcover. ... Read more

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This text is the testament for the new creed of "light exercise" being heralded as the bringer of health and longevity. The idea is that "bouts" of exercise, accumulated throughout the day, will help engender improved health. Thate notion, on the surface, makes sense, but there is debate among the pundits in this field about the validity of this notion. Each chapter discusses in great detail the effects of physical activity on health.

Chapter 4, the core of the book, focuses on how exercise affects specific diseases, including heart disease, various cancers, diabetes, and mental health. The book also offers overviews an historical perspective, a look at patterns and trends of physical activity in chapter 4 (which may be the most lucid part of this part), and some great tables that are full of data. The sixth chapter lapses into the fuzzy, esoteric realm of health promotion, a somewhat dubious field full of pompous notions such as the "transtheoretical model," the "relapse prevention model," and the "theory of reasoned action and theory of planned behavior"---all of which are just mumbo jumbo for getting people off their butts and out exercising. One oversight is the lack of any information about how physical activity can benefit people with disabilities.

This book will not help PE teachers or gym rats in any way, but it is supposed to influence policy makers.

The layout is easy to read and each chapter is fully supported by lots of references. Most of the writing, save the chapter on promoting exercise, is clearly written, a testament, no doubt, to the work of the editors. ... Read more