Instant recess : building a fit nation 10 minutes at a time / / Toni Yancey

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910828893103321
• Autore: Yancey Antronette K
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010
• ISBN: 1-282-76444-6; 9786612764448; 0-520-94721-5
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (279 p.)
• Disciplina: 613.0973
• Soggetti: Health promotion - United States; Physical fitness - United States; Exercise - United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The high price of a sedentary America and the challenge of getting society moving -- The benefits of widespread physical activity and opportunities to move the needle -- The evolution of an idea -- The marketing and social marketing of physical activity and fitness -- The case for the instant recess model -- Instant recess : what's good for the waistline is good for the bottom line! -- A glimpse into the future : how instant recess sparked a physical activity movement.
• Sommario/riassunto: This lively, inspiring, and informative book zeroes in on the state of American fitness-persistently sedentary, plagued by obesity-and issues a clarion call to action that reaches across economic, racial, and educational lines. Toni Yancey finds that despite our best intentions and repeated resolutions to exercise, as well as a 40-year investment in fitness education and counseling, physical activity in all levels of society continues to plummet. In a warm, reader-friendly narrative that draws on solid scientific research, personal experience, and her own poetry, Yancey calls for a radically different approach: one that respects diversity and is grounded in the cultures of those most at risk. Instant Recess proposes regular ten-minute exercise breaks that utilize music and dance and are easily incorporated into school, work, and ; community life. Rather than encouraging unhealthful habits like cigarette breaks or high fat snacks, these "instant recesses" make the active choice the natural one. Here is a new paradigm for fitness and public health that promises vitality, well being, and a greater sense of community-demonstrating, as Yancey argues, that what's good for the waistline is good for the bottom line.