1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910963528203321

Autore

Zeltzman Phil <1963->

Titolo

Walk a hound, lose a pound : how you and your dog can lose weight, stay fit, and have fun together / / Phil Zeltzman and Rebecca A. Johnson ; [foreword by Marty Becker]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

West Lafayette, Ind., : Purdue University Press, c2011

ISBN

1-283-11466-6

9786613114662

1-61249-198-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (173 p.)

Collana

New directions in the human-animal bond

Altri autori (Persone)

JohnsonRebecca A. <1956->

BeckerMarty <1954->

Disciplina

613.7/176

Soggetti

Dog walking - Health aspects

Walking - Health aspects

Fitness walking

Weight loss

Dogs - Health

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

""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface Walking toward health""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Chapter 1 Dog walking, the ideal activity for fitness and weight loss""; ""Chapter 2 Know the health numbers for you and your dog""; ""Chapter 3 Why getting fit is so important for you and your dog""; ""Chapter 4 Dog walking, step by step""; ""Chapter 5 Outfitting for fitness""; ""Chapter 6 Hate walking? Here are other great activities with your dog""; ""Chapter 7 Get help from the pros""; ""Chapter 8 Start something big!""; ""Chapter 9 Create new patterns""

""Resources""""Index""

Sommario/riassunto

A dog is an ideal workout partner: always supportive, happy to go for a walk and never judgmental. The human-companion animal bond is a great way to help you and your dog lose weight or stay fit. When people and dogs exercise together, fitness and health happen on both ends of



the leash. As the obesity epidemic spreads, 70% of Americans and 50% of dogs are overweight or obese, resulting in staggering health care costs and suffering. The causes, consequences, and treatment for overweight and obesity are strikingly similar in people and dogs. Walk a Hound, Lose a Pound, written by an expert veterinary surgeon and a leading nurse researcher, helps you move from a food-centered relationship with dogs, to an exercise-centered relationship. Even better, you dont have to own a dog The book gives several creative suggestions to exercise or walk a dog even if you do not or cannot have one. This volume is designed for dog lovers, dog owners and families. Based on the latest scientific findings, it will also help professionals (including physicians, veterinarians, and physical therapists) fight obesity and promote fitness in both people and pets. Dog-walking programs can easily be implemented in neighborhoods, parks, workplaces, animal shelters, hospitals, retirement homes and obesity clinics, and this book shows you how to establish them. In nearly every health care profession, practitioners are teaching human patients and dog owners on a daily basis about the risks of obesity. Never has there been a more compelling time for innovative approaches to increasing physical activity, reforming sedentary lifestyles, and enhancing fitness. Walk a Hound, Lose a Pound provides specific strategies for people and dogs to exercise together, lose weight together, and have fun in the process.



2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996699482203316

Autore

BRENNER, Robert <1943->

Titolo

Merchants and revolution : commercial change, political conflict, and London's overseas traders, 1550-1653 / Robert Brenner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; New York, : Verso, [2003]

ISBN

9781400820603

Descrizione fisica

Testo elettronico (PDF) (XX, 734 p. )

Disciplina

382.09421

Soggetti

Mercanti - Inghilterra - Storia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Risorsa elettronica

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

Merchants and Revolution esamina le attività della comunità mercantile londinese durante il primo periodo Stuart. Proponendo una nuova comprensione del cambiamento commerciale a lungo termine, Robert Brenner spiega i fattori alla base dell'apertura del commercio a lunga distanza verso sud e verso est, descrivendo come i grandi mercanti della City esercitarono il loro potere per sfruttare le emergenti opportunità commerciali e delineando il profilo dei nuovi commercianti coloniali, che divennero i principali artefici della dinamica politica commerciale del Commonwealth.