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Section I: Exercise Physiology and Impact on Human Biology Chapter 1: Animal Models of Exercise and Obesity (Christine Kasper) Chapter 2: Thermoregulation: Cytokines Involved in Fever and Exercise (Pam Johnson Rowsey) Section II: Exercise across the Lifespan and Cultures Chapter 3: Overweight and Obesity in Youth with Type 1 Diabetes (Karl E. Minges, Robin Wittemore & Margaret Grey) Chapter 4: Physical Activity Intervention Studies and Their Relationship to Body Composition in Healthy Women (Susan Buchholz, JoEllen Wilbur, Shannon Halloway, Judith H. McDevitt, Michael E. Schoeny) Chapter 5: The Effects of Exercise During Pregnancy: Theories, Evidence and Interventions (Seonae Yeo) Chapter 6: Using Function Focused Care to Increase Physical Activity among Older Adults (Barbara Resnick & Elizabeth Galik) Chapter 7: Hispanic Women and Physical Activity- An Integrative Review (Karen D’Alonzo & Marie K. Saimbert) Section III: Exercise in Chronic and Acute Disease States Chapter 8: Exercise Therapy in individuals with Chronic Kidney disease (CKD): A systematic review and synthesis of the research evidence (Pelaiga Koufaki, Sharlene A. Greenwood, Iain C. Macdougall, Thomas H Mercer) Chapter 9: Effect of Exercise on Cardiac and Metabolic Outcomes in People Living with HIV (Anella Yahiaoui , Joachim Voss, Barbara Smith) Chapter 10: Interventions to increase physical activity in people with COPD: Systematic review (Janet Larson, Carol M. Vos, Dena Fernandez) Chapter 11: Exercise and Cancer (M. Tish Knobf, Kerri Winters-Stone)