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
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
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ISSN 0334-0139/17:1
Approximately 100 pages
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delivery