Summary: Sedentary jobs and pastimes. Foods high in sugar, fat, and cholesterol. A superabundance of labor-saving technologies. Is it any wonder that a recent study by the Mayo Clinic shows that more than sixty percent of all adult Americans are statistically overweight? This program describes the basic components of physical fitness and the numerous health benefits that derive from regular physical...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Every goal, every touchdown, every home run is the product of years of arduous training-and, in most cases, a scientific strategy that melds the power of body and mind. This program explores the methods that help athletes become the competitors they long to be. In addition to weight training concepts, viewers learn the basics of a warm-up/cool-down system, focusing on decreasing the chance of...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: When diabetes forced Yvonne to take her health seriously, she enlisted the help of a registered dietician and started exercising. By looking at Yvonne and others, this program details how the right foods combined with an adequate amount of exercise can help you avoid certain diseases and cope with existing medical conditions. Basic exercise tips and fitness assessment pointers are combined with...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: This Science Screen Report explores the growing importance of science in sports and recreation. The program shows how technological research fuels athletic achievement and profoundly influences equipment and facility design, and the ways in which robotics, computers, and high-speed cameras are enabling humans to interact with our planet's different environments. Clearly demonstrating a wide...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Fad diets and "miracle" products are not the keys to attaining long-term physical health. This program uses the success stories of people who have made fitness a lifelong goal to illustrate the benefits of living a healthful life that includes smart food choices and regular exercise. By eating well and staying active, students can attain optimum performance both athletically and academically.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Proper nutrition plays a major role when we strive to reach our physical potential, and nutrition makes an important contribution to our well-being and ability to perform. Basal metabolism and physical activity determine the amount of food we should eat. This video shows how to eat right while in training, before competitions, and during the event. It reveals which of us should use carbohydrate...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: How nutrition and exercise affect a person is determined by many factors. Societal pressures to conform to an ideal body image can lead to dangerous eating disorders and other physical and emotional problems. Having the facts about nutrition and exercise can help prevent problems and assure a healthy approach to diet and fitness. This informative program examines how metabolism and body type...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Heisz, Jennifer
Summary: "Jennifer Heisz shares paradigm-shifting research on how exercise affects the brain, finding that intervals of intense workouts, or even leisurely walks, help stop depression and dementia, lessen anxiety and ADHD, and encourage better sleep, creativity, and resilience. Physical inactivity is the greatest risk factor contributing to dementia and anxiety--it's as much a factor as genetics. In...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books 2022
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.8 HEISummary: Ticking away inside the human body are the timepieces that govern our daily and seasonal lives. This program shows how these biological clocks dictate physiological behavior—determining when our brains are most alert, when our stomachs are ready to break down food, and when our bodies want to sleep. Viewers learn why most babies are born in the early morning, why most teenagers want to sleep...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Smart athletes put their trust in their coaches. So what do smart coaches do to earn that trust? This program offers detailed suggestions, examining the physical and mental areas of a player's development in which a successful coach operates. Using interviews with professional coaches, training experts, and student athletes, the film explores various aspects of the coach's responsibilities....
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: This Telly Award-winning video dispels ten common myths about eating and sports training, setting the record straight on calories, carbs, protein, hydration, and how to eat for maximum muscle-building and performance. Using a Q&A-style format, Eat to Win eliminates confusion about dieting, under-eating, body image, energy bars and drinks, carbo-loading, caffeine, fruit juices, and how the human...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: Athletes of all levels require training programs that take into account the specific needs of their sport as well as their own individual strengths and weaknesses. What makes a successful athletics training program? This video identifies the key components and investigates the methods used to evaluate, modify, and improve training programs. From the goal-setting and motivation required for...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: A competent coach challenges and inspires athletes to achieve their personal best. This program analyzes the nuanced art of coaching by examining three popular coaching styles: authoritarian, distant yet approachable, and friendly; vital coaching skills in the areas of leadership, management, and communication; essential coaching qualities such as enthusiasm; the wide knowledge of athletics,...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: This program gives instruction on choosing and using the right training strategies to ensure maximum performance during physical activity. Topics for discussion include: the three energy systems in the body and each one's involvement in athletic exertion; types of continuous, interval, and resistance training methods and each one's effect on the energy systems; and the specificity, duration,...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Five seconds left, the game is tied, your hands are sweaty, and your knees are knocking. Could a fear of failure ruin your chances of winning the game or making the putt? Not with the information from Sports Psychology, a comprehensive guide to success by developing the proper mental attitude. Designed by a leading sports psychologist, this program teaches you how to improve performance by...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Health advocates continuously speak out on the need for physical fitness-but providing the skills to analyze and measure fitness isn't always part of the educational package. This program addresses that crucial dimension of fitness training, guiding viewers through the major components of testing strength, endurance, and other aspects of fitness. Distinguishing between health-related fitness...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: When the USDA replaced MyPyramid with MyPlate, the goal was to simplify dietary recommendations by providing at-a-glance guidelines without having to weigh and measure at every meal. This program explores the key concepts of MyPlate and how it correlates to the more detailed Dietary Guidelines for Americans, including portion sizes, proportions, food group choices, and caloric balance. The...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: Why is it that involvement in physical activity for girls drops off more rapidly than for boys? This is a serious concern, as participation in school physical education programs has been shown to have a positive influence on a person's physical activity later in life. Do girls lose the attention of PE teachers who favor nurturing the physical development of boys, or do they make a conscious...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: A lot of time, energy, and media coverage has been spent trying to figure out which high-profile athletes have or have not used steroids, and whether or not the users still belong in the record books. Lost in the shuffle is the story of the damage that steroids can cause, not just to celebrity sports stars but to everyday young people—including teenage girls, the fastest-growing demographic...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: This instructor-led physical fitness video offers a daily regimen of strengthening, range-of-motion, balance, and breathing exercises for people with Parkinson's disease. Gentle seated calisthenics and stretches include neck rotations and head sweeps, shoulder rolls, trunk stretches, rowing and swimming motions, arm and wrist circles, finger stretches, marching, hip rotations, hamstring...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Johnsgård, Keith W.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Prometheus Books 2004
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.8527 JOHSummary: An obesity epidemic has swept America-leading to an alarming rise in diabetes cases. This video looks at the disturbing trend and illustrates how diabetic teenagers can lead rewarding lives instead of becoming passive victims. Interviewing two young men and following them through their daily routines, the program reveals the benefits of staying positive and active. Will-a high school student...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Why are some able to perform tremendous physical tasks, while others cannot? More specifically, why are males able to perform in ways females cannot? This program answers these questions and more by examining and calculating various indicators of physical fitness: percentage body fat, upper body size and strength, VO2 maximum, stroke volume, heart rate, cardiac output, hemoglobin and red blood...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Each year, millions of people attempt to slim down-and fail. If super-diets and weight-loss fads don't work, what does? This program presents ten science-based approaches to losing weight without starving as volunteers put the theories to the test. Experiments reveal the relationship between plate size and food consumption, why soup is the most filling of meals, how low-fat dairy products...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009