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Chap. 1: Introduction to Health and Wellness. Chap. 2: Principles of Physical Fitness. Chap. 3: Nutrition Basics. Chap. 4: Weight Management. Chap. 5: Mental Health. Chap. 6: Managing Stress. Chap. 7: Intimate Relationships and Sexuality. Chap. 8: Reproductive Choices. Chap. 9: Pregnancy and Childbirth. Chap. 10: Infectious Diseases and Sexually Transmitted Diseases. Chap. 11: Chronic Diseases. Chap. 12: First Aid and Injury Prevention. Chap. 13: Consumer Health and Alternative Medicine. Chap. 14: Environmental Health. Chap. 15: Substance Use and Abuse. Chap. 16: Healthy Aging. Chap. 17: Wellness Throughout Life.

Total Health and Fitness Revolution presents the latest scientific findings on how to age healthily and attain a long life. This book should be read by people of all ages, as the earlier one develops good practices the healthier one will be and the longer one will live. Any parent concerned with their child’s welfare will be keen to discover the information herein which will help them to put their child onto the path of optimum health. Dr Joseph Cheung covers the benefits of exercise, diet, vitamin supplements and preventative medicine, drawing on his decades of clinical practice and research.

Includes abstracts of magazine articles and "Book reviews".

Grade level: 9, 10, 11, 12, s, t.

B> This pioneering personal wellness text combines the most current health and fitness research with the most effective model for behavior change. It uses the stages of change model developed by psychologists James Prochaska and Carlo DiClemente to help readers assess their own readiness for change and develop a personalized behavior change program, with the goal of adopting and maintaining a lifestyle of wellness. The book begins by describing the components of wellness and its relationship to fitness, then provides specific information on cardiorespiratory endurance, flexibility, muscular strength and endurance, proper nutrition, body composition, body weight control, stress management, healthy relationships, disease prevention, and substance abuse avoidance. For anyone interested in developing a wellness lifestyle that will last a lifetime.

[TofC cont.] Preventing other health threats through life-style change; Leisure, recreation, and effective time management; Planning for wellness and healthy life-styles -- Labs -- Appendices. This textbook is intended for an introductory college-level course dedicated to promoting healthy life-styles that result in optimal fitness and wellness. [It] is dedicated to providing information about a wide variety of healthy life-styles in addition to those covered in [the authors'] fitness book. This ... book contains information about disease prevention (sexually transmitted diseases, cancer, and other ... diseases related to life-style) as well as information concerning destructive behaviors such as use of tobacco and alcohol, and drug misuse and abuse. But [it also] includes concepts on health promotion and the positive life-styles that can enhance quality of life ... [The book] is for teachers and students who want more than a fitness book. -Pref.

A popular one-semester/quarter course offered at both 2-year and 4-year schools and taught by either the Health Sciences division or the Physical Education department. This is a survey of various health-related topics, such as nutrition, exercise, sexuality, substance abuse, disease, etc., usually with an emphasis on applying the concepts to students' own lives.