Anyone concerned about the health habits--or lack thereof--of college students should read this book. College Administrators, Professors, Parents, Students and their doctors, will all learn valuable evidence that will help maintain the health and well being of students while in college and beyond. A clinical study is conducted in which the 3 groups of college students with different fitness habits are followed for one year. Fitness measures and personal surveys are taken at key points during the study. This book provides a comprehensive summary of pertinent concepts in exercise physiology for...

Current demand in biomedical sciences emphasizes the understanding of basic mechanisms and problem solving rather than rigid empiricism and factual recall. Knowledge of the basic laws of mass and momentum transport as well as model development and validation, biomedical signal processing, biomechanics, and capstone design have indispensable roles in the engineering analysis of physiological processes. To this end, an introductory, multidisciplinary text is a must to provide the necessary foundation for beginning biomedical students.

Assuming no more than a passing...