Health: Making Choices for Life, 1st edition

Published by Pearson (January 23, 2013) © 2014

  • April Lynch East Carolina University
  • Karen Vail-Smith East Carolina University
  • Jerome Kotecki Ball State University
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I.      MAKING HEALTHY CHOICES

1. Health in the 21st Century: New Challenges, New Choices

 

II.    MAINTAINING MIND-BODY HEALTH

2. Psychosocial Health: Maintaining the Mind and Spirit

3. Stress Management: Coping with College Life

4. Sleep: Repairing Your Body, Recharging Your Mind

 

III.   EATING RIGHT, STAYING FIT

5. Nutrition: Food for Life

6. Physical Activity: For Fitness, Health, and Fun

7. Body Image, Body Weight: Achieving a Healthy Balance

 

IV. AVOIDING ABUSE AND ADDICTION

8. Compulsive Behaviors and Psychoactive Drugs: Understanding Addiction

9. Alcohol: Choices and Challenges

10. Tobacco: A Clear and Present Danger

 

V.   REDUCING YOUR RISK OF DISEASE

11. Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease: Reducing Your Risk

12. Cancer: Take-Charge Choices

13. Immunity and Infection: Breaking the Chain

 

VI.    BUILDING HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS

14. Relationships: Communication, Conflict, and Commitment

15. Sexuality: Your Body, Your Choices

16. Sexually Transmitted Infections: Safeguard your Sexual Health

17. Contraception: Avoiding Unintended Pregnancy

18. Choosing Parenthood: Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Challenge of Infertility

 

VII.   PRESERVING YOUR HEALTH

19. Consumer Health: Options in Health Care

20. Personal Safety: Caution Ahead

21. Environmental Health: Protecting Yourself and Your World

22. Navigating Change: The Gifts and Challenges of Aging

 

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