Access to Health

by Donatelle, Rebecca J.

• ISBN13: 9780805332490
• ISBN10: 0805332499
• Edition: 11th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-12-10
• Publisher: Prentice Hall

Summary

The newly revisedAccess to Health, Tenth Editionfeatures a new reader friendly design. Long known for its currency, research, and strength in behavior change for personal health readers, theTenth Editionprovides a consistent framework for motivating readers to make healthy life choices. The revised editionrs"s updated coverage includes a revised fitness chapter with greater focus on daily physical activity, updated nutrition chapter using the 2005 dietary guidelines, and increased information on coping with stress. Hot topics include the latest on fad-diets, sleep, and the role spirituality plays in our lives will engage reader interest.Promoting Healthy Behavior Change, Psychosocial Health: Being Mentally, Emotionally, Socially, and Spiritually Well, Managing Stress: Coping With Life's Challenges, Violence and Abuse: Creating Healthy Environments, Healthy Relationships: Communicating Effectively with Friends, Family, and Significant Others, Sexuality: Choices in Sexual Behavior, Reproductive Choices: Making Responsible Decisions, Nutrition: Eating for Optimum Health, Managing Your Weight, Personal Fitness: Improving Health Through Exercise, Addictions and Addictive Behavior: Threats to Wellness, Drinking Responsibly: A Lifestyle Challenge on Campus, Tobacco and Caffeine: Daily Pleasures, Daily Challenges, Illicit Drugs: Use, Misuse, and Abuse, Cardiovascular Disease: Reducing Your Risk, Cancer: Reducing Your Risk, Infectious Diseases and Sexually Transmitted Infections: Risks and Responsibilities, Noninfectious Conditions: The Modern Maladies, Healthy Aging: A Lifelong Process, Dying and Death: The Final Transition, Environmental Health: Thinking Globally, Acting Locally, Consumerism: Selecting Health Care Products and Services, Complementary and Alternative Medicine: New Choices and Responsibilities for Healthwise ConsumersFor all readers interested in personal health and making healthy life choices.

Table of Contents

Finding The Right Balance

Promoting Healthy Behavior Change

Psychosocial Health: Being Mentally, Emotionally, Socially, and Spiritually Well

Managing Stress: Coping With Life's Challenges

Violence and Abuse: Creating Healthy Environments

Creating Healthy and Caring Relationships

Healthy Relationships: Communicating Effectively with Friends, Family, and Significant Others

Sexuality: Choices in Sexual Behavior

Reproductive Choices: Making Responsible Decisions

Choosing a Healthy Lifestyle

Nutrition: Eating for Optimum Health

Managing Your Weight

Personal Fitness: Improving Health Through Exercise

Avoiding Risks from Harmful Habits

Addictions and Addictive Behavior: Threats to Wellness

Drinking Responsibly: A Lifestyle Challenge on Campus

Tobacco and Caffeine: Daily Pleasures, Daily Challenges

Illicit Drugs: Use, Misuse, and Abuse

Preventing and Fighting Disease

Cardiovascular Disease: Reducing Your Risk

Cancer: Reducing Your Risk

Infectious Diseases and Sexually Transmitted Infections: Risks and Responsibilities

Noninfectious Conditions: The Modern Maladies

Facing Life's Challenge

Healthy Aging: A Lifelong Process

Dying and Death: The Final Transition

Environmental Health: Thinking Globally, Acting Locally

Consumerism: Selecting Health Care Products and Services

Complementary and Alternative Medicine: New Choices and Responsibilities for Healthwise Consumers

Injury Prevention and Emergency Care

Nutritive Value of Selected Foods

Glossary

References

Index

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