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This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the United States. Designed to help readers understand and evaluate the relationship between exercise, immune function and infection risk, this book presents evidence for the ""J-shaped"" relationship between exercise load and infection risk. It also describes the components of the human immune system and key functions that protect the body from disease, the impact of acute and chronic psychological stress on immune function, and practical guidelines for minimizing the risk of immunodepression and infection in athletes. Further chapters explore different ways of measuring immune function, as well as the effects of heavy training on innate and specific (acquired) immunity, exercise in environmental extremes, and nutrition. Connections between exercise, infection risk, and immune function in special populations (elderly, obese, diabetic and HIV patients) are also addressed.

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An excellent introduction to the immune system and how its function can be measured is followed by chapters dealing with how it is modified by a variety of factors from intense exercise to the supply of micronutrients in the diet. ... For sport and exercise science students and doctors treating elite athletes, I couldn't recommend this book highly enough. For those doctors interested in the subject who are prepared to take time to understand the basic immune response, it may stimulate them to look at exercise prescription in a different light. <br>Dr. M. J. Stone MRCP, DipSportsMed, FFSEM(UK), FFSEM(I), March 2007

An excellent introduction to the immune system and how its function can be measured is followed by chapters dealing with how it is modified by a variety of factors from intense exercise to the supply of micronutrients in the diet. ... For sport and exercise science students and doctors treating elite athletes, I couldn't recommend this book highly enough. For those doctors interested in the subject who are prepared to take time to understand the basic immune response, it may stimulate them to look at exercise prescription in a different light. Dr. M. J. Stone MRCP, DipSportsMed, FFSEM(UK), FFSEM(I), March 2007

An excellent introduction to the immune system and how its function can be measured is followed by chapters dealing with how it is modified by a variety of factors from intense exercise to the supply of micronutrients in the diet. ... For sport and exercise science students and doctors treating elite athletes, I couldn't recommend this book highly enough. For those doctors interested in the subject who are prepared to take time to understand the basic immune response, it may stimulate them to look at exercise prescription in a different light.<br><br>Dr. M. J. Stone MRCP, DipSportsMed, FFSEM(UK), FFSEM(I), March 2007

An excellent introduction to the immune system and how its function can be measured is followed by chapters dealing with how it is modified by a variety of factors from intense exercise to the supply of micronutrients in the diet. ... For sport and exercise science students and doctors treating elite athletes, I couldn't recommend this book highly enough. For those doctors interested in the subject who are prepared to take time to understand the basic immune response, it may stimulate them to look at exercise prescription in a different light.Dr. M. J. Stone MRCP, DipSportsMed, FFSEM(UK), FFSEM(I), March 2007

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Editor of over 5 books and book chapters, and over 50 peer reviewed scientific papers. Fellow of the European College of Sports Sciences; Fellow of the British Association of Sport & Exercise Sciences; Chair 'Sports Nutrition Interest Group' - BASES; Committee member - Nutrition Society's 'Sports & Exercise Nutrition Working Party'

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