Health : The Basics (6th Edition)

Health : The Basics (6th Edition)

Editorial Reviews
Book Description
The Sixth Edition of Donatelle's text provides readers with the tools they need to make healthy, lifelong behavior changes, along with updated and timely coverage of health issues. Written by a health educator who knows where readers' interests lie, the new edition aims to address the health topics of primary concern to today's readers in its coverage. Promoting Healthy Behavior Change, Psychosocial Health, Managing Stress, Violence and Abuse, Healthy Relationships and Sexuality, Birth Control, Pregnancy, and Childbirth, Licit and Illicit Drugs, Alcohol, Tobacco, and Caffeine, Nutrition, Managing Your Weight, Personal Fitness, Cardiovascular Disease, Cancer, Infectious and Noninfectious Conditions, Life's Transitions, Environmental Health, Consumerism, Complementary and Alternative Medicine. For college instructors and students, or anyone interested in issues relating to personal health.

From the Back Cover
This book emphasizes the essential health information necessary to develop a comprehensive understanding of health promotion and disease prevention from a behavioral management perspective. This edition continues to provide cutting-edge information readers need to make healthy decisions. Today's health research, issues, and trends are reflected throughout the thoroughly revised and updated content. Enhancements include expanded psychosocial health and personal fitness chapters, a new chapter on complementary and alternative medicine, extended coverage of cardiovascular disease and cancer, and the addition of three new feature boxes: Women's Health/Men's Health, New Horizons in Health, and Assess Yourself. For anyone interested in health, wellness, and physical education. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Health: The Basics (6th Edition),Rebecca J. Donatelle,Benjamin Cummings,0805328521,Consumer Health,General,Health,Health & Fitness,Health/Fitness,Health & Fitness / General

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