{"id":16,"date":"2019-08-30T17:12:15","date_gmt":"2019-08-30T17:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/fundamentalsofhealthandphysicalactivity\/front-matter\/introduction\/"},"modified":"2020-01-06T15:48:05","modified_gmt":"2020-01-06T15:48:05","slug":"introduction","status":"publish","type":"front-matter","link":"https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/fundamentalsofhealthandphysicalactivity\/front-matter\/introduction\/","title":{"raw":"About the Book","rendered":"About the Book"},"content":{"raw":"This open textbook <em>Fundamentals of Health and Physical Activity<\/em>, by Leslie Barker and Kerri Delaney (Department of Health, Kinesiology and Applied Physiology, Concordia University), licensed under a <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/4.0\/\" rel=\"license\">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License<\/a>, has been adapted from a number of open educational resources (OER), including:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/oer.galileo.usg.edu\/health-textbooks\/4?utm_source=oer.galileo.usg.edu%2Fhealth-textbooks%2F4&amp;utm_medium=PDF&amp;utm_campaign=PDFCoverPages\">Concepts of Fitness and Wellness - 2nd Edition<\/a>, by Scott Flynn, Lisa Jellum, Jonathan Howard, Althea Moser, David Mathis, Christin Collins, Sharryse Henderson, and Connie Watjen, is licensed under a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/4.0\/\" rel=\"license\">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License<\/a>.<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"http:\/\/pressbooks.oer.hawaii.edu\/humannutrition\/\">Human Nutrition<\/a>, by University of Hawai\u2018i at M\u0101noa Food Science and Human Nutrition Program, is\u00a0licensed under a <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\" rel=\"license\">Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License<\/a>.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nDetailed attributions can be found in each section.\r\n\r\nOpen textbooks are open educational resources (OER), which are defined as \"teaching, learning and research materials in any medium \u2013 digital or otherwise \u2013 that reside in the public domain or have been released under an open license that permits no-cost access, use, adaptation and redistribution by others with no or limited restrictions.\u201d[footnote]UNESCO. \"Open Educational Resources (OER)\". Accessed January 1, 2020. https:\/\/en.unesco.org\/themes\/building-knowledge-societies\/oer[\/footnote]\r\n\r\nThis open textbook was developed as a part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.concordia.ca\/next-gen\/digital-strategy\/projects\/open-educational-resources.html\">Open Educational Resources Project<\/a> at Concordia University, Montreal. For more information, please contact <a href=\"mailto:oer@concordia.ca\">oer@concordia.ca<\/a>.","rendered":"<p>This open textbook <em>Fundamentals of Health and Physical Activity<\/em>, by Leslie Barker and Kerri Delaney (Department of Health, Kinesiology and Applied Physiology, Concordia University), licensed under a <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/4.0\/\" rel=\"license\">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License<\/a>, has been adapted from a number of open educational resources (OER), including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/oer.galileo.usg.edu\/health-textbooks\/4?utm_source=oer.galileo.usg.edu%2Fhealth-textbooks%2F4&amp;utm_medium=PDF&amp;utm_campaign=PDFCoverPages\">Concepts of Fitness and Wellness &#8211; 2nd Edition<\/a>, by Scott Flynn, Lisa Jellum, Jonathan Howard, Althea Moser, David Mathis, Christin Collins, Sharryse Henderson, and Connie Watjen, is licensed under a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/4.0\/\" rel=\"license\">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/pressbooks.oer.hawaii.edu\/humannutrition\/\">Human Nutrition<\/a>, by University of Hawai\u2018i at M\u0101noa Food Science and Human Nutrition Program, is\u00a0licensed under a <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\" rel=\"license\">Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Detailed attributions can be found in each section.<\/p>\n<p>Open textbooks are open educational resources (OER), which are defined as &#8220;teaching, learning and research materials in any medium \u2013 digital or otherwise \u2013 that reside in the public domain or have been released under an open license that permits no-cost access, use, adaptation and redistribution by others with no or limited restrictions.\u201d<a class=\"footnote\" title=\"UNESCO. &quot;Open Educational Resources (OER)&quot;. 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