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Article: 1993 C.H. McCloy research lecture: physical activity, physical fitness, and health. (inclides recommendations from recent reports)
- Article from:
- Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport
- Article date:
- December 1, 1993
- Author:
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Key words: cardiovascular disease, epidemiology, health, physical fitness
Interest in the healthful effects of physical activity dates back to ancient times, but scientific study of the issue did not receive emphasis until the end of the 19th century. Early studies focused on physiology, and, in fact, three exercise physiologists (August Krogh, A. V. Hill, and Otto Meyerhof) received Nobel Prizes in the early 1920s for their research (Montoye, 1992). In the 1989 McCloy Lecture, Professor Park (1990) provided an excellent review of early scientific studies of exercise. Montoye extended these observations by including more recent reports on the relation of physical ...