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An Invitation to Health: The Power of Prevention
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7th
ISBN13:
9780534340674
ISBN10:
0534340679
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Paperback
Pub. Date:
8/16/1996
Publisher(s):
Brooks Cole
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Summary
AN INVITATION TO HEALTH, 10th Edition introduces students to research, information, and recommendations related to health and healthy lifestyles. Reviewed by over 80 instructors, this informative text focuses on change and prevention and supplies students with the lessons they'll need to make responsible healthy decisions in their daily lives.
Author Biography
Dianne Hales, one of the most widely published and honored health journalists in the country, is a contributing editor for Parade and Ladies Home Journal and has written more than 1,000 articles for national publications
Table of Contents
| Wellness Inventory: What Is Wellness? | p. 1 |
| Taking Charge of Your Health | p. 11 |
| An Invitation to Health for the Twenty-First Century | p. 12 |
| Personal Stress Management | p. 38 |
| Psychological Health | p. 66 |
| Healthy Lifestyles | p. 103 |
| The Joy of Fitness | p. 104 |
| Personal Nutrition | p. 144 |
| Eating Patterns and Problems | p. 188 |
| Responsible Sexuality | p. 217 |
| Communication and Relationships | p. 218 |
| Personal Sexuality | p. 246 |
| Reproductive Choices | p. 284 |
| Personal Health Care | p. 331 |
| Consumerism, Complementary and Alternative Medicine, and the Health-Care System | p. 332 |
| Protecting Yourself from Infectious Diseases | p. 364 |
| Keeping Your Heart Healthy | p. 408 |
| Lowering Your Risk of Cancer and Other Major Diseases | p. 442 |
| Avoiding Health Risks | p. 475 |
| Drug Use, Misuse, and Abuse | p. 476 |
| Alcohol Use, Misuse, and Abuse | p. 512 |
| Tobacco Use, Misuse, and Abuse | p. 542 |
| Health in Context | p. 567 |
| Staying Safe: Preventing Injury, Violence, and Victimization | p. 568 |
| When Life Ends | p. 598 |
| Working Toward a Healthy Environment | p. 620 |
| Glossary | p. G1 |
| Photography Credits | PC1 |
| Index | p. IN1 |
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