Chapter 1. Molecular processes and regulation of autophagy -- Chapter 2. Acute and chronic exercise on autophagy -- Chapter 3. The beneficial roles of exercise-mediated autophagy in T2DM -- Chapter 4. Exercise-induced autophagy and obesity -- 5. Exercise-mediated autophagy and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease -- Chapter 6. Exercise-mediated autophagy and brain aging -- Chapter 7. Exercise-mediated autophagy and Alzheimer's disease -- Chapter 8. Exercise-induced autophagy and Parkinson's disease -- Chapter 9.Exercise-mediated autophagy in cardiovascular diseases -- Chapter 10. Exercise-induced autophagy in the prevention and treatment of sarcopenia -- Chapter 11. Prospective advances in exercise-induced autophagy on health -- Chapter 12. Exercise mimetic pills for chronic diseases based on autophagy -- Chapter 13. Exercise-mediated functional status of autophagy is beneficial to health.

This book establishes a bridge between exercise-mediated functional status of autophagy and non-communicable chronic diseases for elucidating and clarifying the corresponding signal pathways and underlying mechanisms. The book consists of 13 chapters focusing on the in-depth discussion on signal pathways for regulating the functional status of autophagy for the prevention, treatment and rehabilitation of chronic diseases, the optimization of exercise intervention strategies for common and frequently-occurring chronic diseases, and the development of exercise mimetic pills for the persons with disability for exercise performance, or the persons without willing to exercise. This book is interesting and will be useful to a wide readership in the various fields of exercise science, exercise fitness, sports medicine, preventive medicine, and functional foods.