The largest interventional and monitoring studies to date worldwide give us an excellent overview of our current state of knowledge on the physiological interactions between nutrition and exercise. This wealth of evidence covers aspects like body weight, metabolism, fatty tissue, hormones, the cardiovascular system and skeletal structures - all ultimate determinants of immunity. The book you hold in your hands is based on the findings generated by such long-term investigations. Herein, each topic is dealt with page by page in an understandable manner. The reader will find illustrations and discussions of key physiological adaptation mechanisms and the basic principles of preventive healthcare. This non-fiction work has been written to be easily comprehensible for all individuals interested in learning the salient facts about the popular subjects of health, fitness and nutrition. For this 3rd edition, the text has been revised and updated to the state of the art in science and medicine, including the addition of 11 new topics.

Pivotal long-term

The human body - a giant chemical factory
Our food - an energy transfer medium
Energy production
Energy production when food is scarce
Energy expenditure I - basal metabolic rate
Energy expenditure II - heat production
 Energy expenditure III - active metabolic rate
Physical activity level
 Control of energy metabolism in the brain
Control of energy metabolism by endogenous hormones
Control of energy metabolism - the reward system.