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By Roy J. Shephard. 358 pp. Champaign, Ill., Human Kinetics, 1994. $48. ISBN 0-87322-417-5.

Shephard has followed up his very successful Endurance Fitness (2nd ed. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1977) with a thought-provoking, heavily referenced, academic summary of exercise and health. This book is destined to be as well received as his previous work. In Aerobic Fitness and Health the author turns to the subject of health and the recreational pursuit of fitness, a very appropriate topic in these times of escalating health care costs and obscenely expensive pharmacotherapy. Shephard has taken the time to write a legitimate crossover book -- a reference work that bridges basic and clinical science. Parts of this . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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