Overview
The 10th edition of Health & Wellness provides a holistic view of what it really means to be healthy today. The text draws a parallel between the behaviors, social and physical environment as well as the positive mind and body attitude necessary to achieve a healthy, happy lifestyle.
Several features have been developed to help students learn and understand the concepts of health and wellness in the text such as Learning Objectives, Self-assessments, key terms, epigrams and health tips.
Chapters conclude with Critical Thinking about Health and encourage students to answer questions and explore their own opinions on health topics. End of chapter material includes Health in review – brief review of the chapter, Health and Wellness online a glimpse at the resources available on the web, References, Suggested readings, and recommended websites.
New to the Tenth Edition:
? Study data about the effect of prayer on healing and managing stress with music
? Expanded coverage of Vitamin D deficiency and food additives
? Coverage of the sedentary lifestyle of most Americans and what constitutes physical activity\
? Discussions on bacteria and health as well as coverage of new vaccines for HPV, herpes zoster and hepatitis E
? New information on the swine flu pandemic of 2009
Resources:
Workbook for self-assessments and activities to explore health Frequently updated Health statistics website
"...includes On-line exercises, reviews, expanded chapter material, and more...completely redesigned featuring new anatomical art and easy-to-read text...41% of all references are new to this edition."
Synopsis
Outlining the basic principles of physical, mental, and spiritual wellness, this colorful textbook explains how to eat and exercise toward a healthy lifestyle, build healthy relationships, prevent disease, and use drugs responsibly. Stress management techniques are described in the appendix. The eighth edition discusses SARS, West Nile virus, and the AIDS epidemic. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Booknews
New edition of a text that provides information needed to understand and implement the basic principles of physical, mental, and spiritual wellness. The authors believe that the key to health is self- responsibility for one's behaviors, both positive and negative, and that health involves our entire being and is not just a matter of repairing broken parts. Twenty-four chapters discuss achieving wellness, eating and exercising, relationships, understanding and preventing disease, drug use and abuse, healthy choices, and overcoming obstacles. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.