INTERNATIONAL
JOURNAL OF ADOLESCENT MEDICINE AND HEALTH
Special issue
on Adolescence and Physical Activity
Edited by Joav
Merrick, Meir Lotan, and Eli Carmeli
Twenty years to the International Journal of
Adolescent Medicine and Health
Joav Merrick,
Meir Lotan, and Eli Carmeli ........... 1
REVIEW
ARTICLES
A review of longitudinal studies on youth predictors of adulthood physical activity
Tuija
Tammelin ........ 3
Physical activity in adolescence. A review with clinical suggestions
Meir
Lotan, Joav Merrick, and Eli Carmeli .......... 13
A
review of physical activity and well-being
Meir
Lotan, Joav Merrick, and Eli Carmeli ........ 23
Adapted
physical activities for the intellectually challenged adolescent: Psychomotor
characteristics and implications for programming and motor intervention
Hezkiah
Aharoni ......... 33
ORIGINAL
ARTICLES
Physical
inactivity in Canadian adolescents and their associations with chronic disease
and social economics
Frank
Mo, Daniel Krewski, and Fan D Mo ....... 49
Biochemical
evaluation of antioxidant function after a controlled optimum physical exercise
among adolescents
Ebere
C Anyanwu and John E Ehiri ........ 59
Don’t
stop, don’t stop: Physical activity and adolescence
Joan-Carles Suris and Núria Parera ........ 69
Prevalence
of obesity and lack of physical activity among Kentucky adolescents
Hatim
A Omar and Kristin Rager ........ 81
CASE REPORT
Hydrotherapy
combined with Snoezelen multi-sensory therapy
Efrat
Lavie, Michele Shapiro, and Mona Julius ....... 87
TRENDS AND MILESTONES IN ADOLESCENCE
Physical
fitness and adolescence
Joav Merrick, Mohammed Morad, Ilana Halperin, and
Isack Kandel ........ 93
BOOK REVIEWS ......
97
CALENDAR OF EVENTS ............ 100