A History of Health & Fitness Implications for Policy Today

Front Matter ....Pages i-xvi
 Those Pesky Dates: A Simple Time Line for the Evolution of Society  (Roy J. Shephard)....Pages 1-8
 The Hunter-Gatherer Idyll  (Roy J. Shephard)....Pages 9-22
 Irrigation and the Seductive Sedentary Lifestyle  (Roy J. Shephard)....Pages 23-39
 Evolution of the Sedentary Lifestyle in Classical Culture  (Roy J. Shephard)....Pages 41-58
 Were the Lights Turned Off During the “Dark Ages?”  (Roy J. Shephard)....Pages 59-76
 The Renaissance: Daring to Challenge Traditional Wisdom  (Roy J. Shephard)....Pages 77-95
 The Enlightenment: How Far Did Reason and Religion Influence Health and Fitness in an Age of Industrialization?  (Roy J. Shephard)....Pages 97-117
 The Victorian Era: A Wealthier Society Offers New Recreational Possibilities, Especially to Women  (Roy J. Shephard)....Pages 119-138
 The Modern Era: Growing Health in the Face of Unemployment and War  (Roy J. Shephard)....Pages 139-167
 The Ludic Impulse: Why Did Early Societies Engage in Play?  (Roy J. Shephard)....Pages 169-177
 The Classical Olympic Movement: An Early Stimulus to Health and Fitness?  (Roy J. Shephard)....Pages 179-189
 The Modern Olympics: A Current Stimulus to Health and Fitness or a Five-Ring Circus?  (Roy J. Shephard)....Pages 191-208
 The Early Health Professionals – Unfettered Amateurs, Servants of the Gods or Wealthy Charlatans?  (Roy J. Shephard)....Pages 209-224
 Herb Gardens, Naturopathy and Human Health  (Roy J. Shephard)....Pages 225-232
 Bizarre By-ways in the Search for Good Health  (Roy J. Shephard)....Pages 233-245
 Caring for the Sick: Hospitals and Hospices  (Roy J. Shephard)....Pages 247-255
 The Emergence of Health Science Education  (Roy J. Shephard)....Pages 257-270
 Literature in the Search for Health and Fitness  (Roy J. Shephard)....Pages 271-284
 Teaching Health and Fitness to the Growing Child: The Physical Educator  (Roy J. Shephard)....Pages 285-311
 Co-opting Fitness and Sport for Political Objectives  (Roy J. Shephard)....Pages 313-330
 Governmental Involvement in Health Care and Health Promotion  (Roy J. Shephard)....Pages 331-341
 Building the Infrastructure and Regulations Needed for Public Health and Fitness  (Roy J. Shephard)....Pages 343-361
 Health and Fitness in Industry: The Development of Occupational Health  (Roy J. Shephard)....Pages 363-380
 Understanding the Root Causes of Ill-Health: The Emergence of Epidemiology, Bacteriology and Immunology  (Roy J. Shephard)....Pages 381-393
 The Feminine Touch in Health and Fitness  (Roy J. Shephard)....Pages 395-410
 The Emergence of Professional Associations and Journals in Health and Exercise Science  (Roy J. Shephard)....Pages 411-423
 The Growing Knowledge of Anatomy and Physiology Through to the Enlightenment  (Roy J. Shephard)....Pages 425-452
 Recent Gains in Knowledge of Anatomy and Physiology  (Roy J. Shephard)....Pages 453-479
 Exercise as Medicine in Antiquity and Today  (Roy J. Shephard)....Pages 481-488
 The Post-modern Era and Beyond: Meeting Future Challenges to Health and Fitness  (Roy J. Shephard)....Pages 489-508
Back Matter ....Pages 509-516