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| Action Plan for Menopause details how exercise can help women manage menopause. The book is designed to provide women who are experiencing menopause with practical lifestyle tools that can help them thrive and feel better than they ever thought possible. |
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Biography
- Barbara Bushman is certified as a program director and exercise specialist through the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) and is an associate professor at Southwest Missouri State University. She received her Ph.D. in exercise physiology from the University of Toledo and has since focused her research efforts on the topic of women and exercise, along with the usefulness of various exercise modes including cross training and deep-water run training. Her findings have been featured in numerous journals, publications, and presentations. Bushman also is a manuscript reviewer for ACSM’s Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, and she is a member of the editorial board of The American Journal of Medicine & Sports. She has been a fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine since 1999, serving on the ACSM Media Referral Network and ACSM’s Strategic Health Initiative on Women, Sport and Physical Activity, along with various other national and regional ACSM committees. Bushman resides in Springfield, Missouri, with her husband, Tobin, and participates in numerous activities in her leisure time, including running, cycling, hiking, lifting weights, and open-water kayaking.
- Janice Clark Young is an assistant professor in the health and exercise sciences program at Truman State University in Kirksville, Missouri, where she teaches health program planning, public health, and environmental and consumer health. She earned her doctorate in health education from the University of Kansas and is a nationally certified health education specialist (CHES). In addition to serving as a reviewer for six different health textbooks, Young also wrote the Instructor’s Manual for Hales’ Invitation to Fitness and Wellness. She is a member of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance and the American Association for Health Education. In 2003, she was the recipient of the College Teaching Award at Southwest Missouri State University. Young resides in Kirksville, Missouri, with her husband, Frank. She enjoys a range of physical activities including swimming and water sports, horseback riding, walking, and hiking.
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