Personal Health and Fitness, 1st edition

For courses in Personal Health.

Personal Health and Fitness is designed to help you think more about your health and wellness. Ultimately, my goal is for you to reflect more deeply on obvious and less obvious health related topics. Most of us know we should eat better, be more physically active, sit less, manage our stress, take care of our mental health, practise safe sex, and so on, yet we do not do these things as often as we should. If you are ready to become more aware of your health and wellness and are willing to make decisions that foster it, then this book will provide the stimulation and knowledge you need to get you there. Small changes maintained over time in our attitudes and behaviours will allow us to reach higher levels of physical and mental health and wellness.

Hallmark features of this title

• The journal prompts are written at a general level referring to university-aged students; I highly recommend challenging the students to also think of themselves and how they might respond individually.
• The “flipped classroom” technique can be used with this book as well, allowing for small and larger group discussions regarding the health-related topics as well as the realities your students face in making better decisions for themselves. These classroom discussions can be at a broader or more general level, with students encouraged to think of themselves and how they can directly apply the material to themselves.
• For your convenience, each module and chapter have multiple-choice questions to assist your students in learning the factual elements related to their health and wellness.