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Physical Activity in Natural Settings

Aoife A Donnelly Tadhg E Macintyre

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  • 364 sidor
  • 2019
Exercise interactions with green and blue spaces offer low-cost, non-invasive solutions to public health challengesparticularly around mental health and obesityand issues around environmental sustainability. Physical Activity in Natural Settings brings together multi-disciplinary, international research on physical activity, health and the natural environment, offering evidence-based guidance on implementing nature-based solutions at individual, patient and population levels. Divided over four sections, the book assesses the current research landscape, explores the underlying psychological and physiological mechanisms of the benefits of green exercise, details applied examples of physical activity in natural settings, and suggests future directions for research and practice. It features contributions from experts from around the world and covers topics including: Self-determination, nature and wellbeing Visual cognition and multisensory stimuli Natures role in growing resilience Physical education and nature Mindfulness and green exercise Positive psychology and pro-environmental behaviour Timely and prescient, and showcasing real-life examples of green exercise prescription, Physical Activity in Natural Settings is fascinating and important reading for any students or researchers in the psychology or physiology of physical activity and health, physical education or outdoor studies, and policy-makers and health professionals.
  • Författare: Aoife A Donnelly, Tadhg E Macintyre
  • Illustratör: black and white 13 Tables 12 Line drawings, black and white 11 Halftones black and white
  • Format: Pocket/Paperback
  • ISBN: 9781138894310
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 364
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2019-10-17
  • Förlag: Routledge