Health: The Basics (with Interactive Companion Website) / Edition 4

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Health: The Basics emphasizes the essential health information necessary to develop a comprehensive understanding of health promotion and disease prevention from a behavioral management perspective. This edition of Health: The Basics includes a major update of all pertinent information while retaining strong and timely features that makes it one of the most contemporary books for the 21st century. For the fourth edition, Health: The Basics takes a bold, new step by examining the confusing and rapidly growing world of complementary and alternative medical practices (CAMs) and attempts to provide some clear direction and answers for the health consumer. Basics maintains its thorough examination of health care in America and continues to examine health care issues on the cutting edge. For anyone interested in health, wellness, and physical education.
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New edition of a college textbook which presents a general overview of health issues, intended to assist students in making informed health decisions. Topics include creating healthy and caring relationships; avoiding or overcoming harmful habits; and preventing and fighting disease. Specific health problems addressed include stress, sexually transmitted diseases, and fitness. The publisher reports that this text will not be available by itself once the CD-ROM is published and they're marketed as a package. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780205322152
  • Publisher: Pearson
  • Publication date: 7/27/2000
  • Edition description: Older Edition
  • Edition number: 4
  • Pages: 464
  • Product dimensions: 8.50 (w) x 10.98 (h) x 4.33 (d)

Table of Contents

Ch. 1 Promoting Healthy Behavior 1
Ch. 2 Psychosocial Health: Achieving Mental, Emotional, Social, and Spiritual Wellness 25
Ch. 3 Managing Stress: Toward Prevention and Control 48
Ch. 4 Violence and Abuse: Societal Challenges 66
Ch. 5 Healthy Relationships and Sexuality: Making Commitments 84
Ch. 6 Birth Control, Pregnancy, and Childbirth: Managing Your Fertility 117
Ch. 7 Nutrition: Eating for Optimum Health 148
Ch. 8 Managing Your Weight: Finding a Healthy Balance 179
Ch. 9 Personal Fitness: Improving Your Health Through Exercise 204
Ch. 10 Licit and Illicit Drug Use: Understanding Addictions 226
Ch. 11 Alcohol, Tobacco, and Caffeine: Unacknowledged Addictions 256
Ch. 12 Cardiovascular Disease and Cancer: Reducing Your Risks 286
Ch. 13 Infectious and Noninfectious Conditions: Risks and Responsibilities 318
Ch. 14 Life's Transitions: The Aging Process 355
Ch. 15 Environmental Health: Thinking Globally, Acting Locally 381
Ch. 16 Consumerism: Selecting Health-Care Products and Services 400
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