Children, Obesity and Exercise

Prevention, treatment and management of childhood and adolescent obesity

Edited by Andrew P. Hills, Neil A. King, Nuala M. ByrneProfessor Richard Bailey ICSSPE

Throughout the developed world there is an increasing prevalence of childhood obesity. Because of this increase, and awareness of the risks to long term health that childhood...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-40884-4 (Routledge)

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Elite Sport Development

Policy Learning and Political Priorities

By Mick Green, Barrie Houlihan

Elite Sport Development addresses important sport policy questions and explores the emergence, development and current status of elite sport development policy with detailed examination of...

2005 | Paperback: 978-0-415-33183-8 (Routledge)

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Australian Sport - Better by Design?

The Evolution of Australian Sport Policy

By Bob Stewart, Matthew Nicholson, Aaron Smith, Hans Westerbeek

Australians have invested an enormous amount of emotional and physical capital in their sporting systems and structures. While Australian sport has many times been dissected...

2004 | Paperback: 978-0-415-34047-2 (Routledge)

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The Politics of Sports Development

Development of Sport or Development Through Sport?

By Barrie Houlihan, Anita White

This text traces the evolution of sports development in the UK in the context of broader shifts in sport and social policy. It explores the...

2002 | Paperback: 978-0-415-27749-5 (Routledge)

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Sport, Policy and Politics

A Comparative Analysis

By Barrie Houlihan

Sport, Policy and Politics is a genuinely comparative analysis of sport policy-making in five countries - Australia, Canada, Ireland, the United Kingdom and North America....

1997 | Paperback: 978-0-415-12919-0 (Routledge)

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