Sport and Physical Activity

'An ideal textbook for undergraduates whose studies include sports exercise and physical activity, this text offers an excellent analysis of the link between sport and health promotion...This text is recommended as it is thorough, challenging and well referenced.' - Wendy Boothroyd, Nursing Standard

This authoritative introduction to physical activity applies the main theories, models and approaches in health promotion to the field of sport and exercise.This authoritative introduction to physical activity applies the main theories, models and approaches in health promotion to the field of sport and exercise. It draws together the disciplines of psychology, sociology, physiology and social policy to look at issues affecting the health of individuals, of communities and of society as a whole.