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The Influence of Genetic Factors on Health, Physical Activity, and Fitness provides a basic introduction to the field of genetics. The DVD describes how health, physical activity, and fitness are all affected by genetic and non-genetic factors. The DVD also discusses the fact that there are high, average, and low responders to exercise programs, diets, or medications. Furthermore, the DVD reviews the fact that genetic factors affect the speed and extent of these responses. Explains how genetic factors have more of an effect on fitness and less of an effect on physical-activity behavior. In addition, the DVD details how fitness and activity are both important and independent risk factors for health, but suggests that exercise programs should emphasize physical activity more than fitness.
Among the topics covered:
- General influence of genetic factors
- Do families have similar VO2 max and other phenotypes before training?
- Do families respond similarly to training?
- What is the relationship between initial values and the response to training?
- Are there non-genetic variables measured before training that differentiate between responders?
- Are there genetic variables that differentiate between responders and non-responders?
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Biography
- James S. Skinner, Ph.D., FACSM, is a professor emeritus in the Department of Kinesiology, Indiana University and a former president of the American College of Sports Medicine. He is one of the five principal investigators of the HERITAGE Family Study, a large multi-center investigation of the role that genetic factors play in the response to training of risk factors for cardiovascular disease and diabetes. As principal investigator, co-principal investigator, or member of an executive committee, he has been involved in research grants totaling more than $50 million. Dr. Skinner has written over 280 articles and five books. He has been actively investigating the relationships between exercise, training, and health for more than 40 years and has lectured in English, French, German, and Spanish in 58 countries about these relationships.
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