Concepts of Fitness and Wellness: A Comprehensive Lifestyle Approach

Author:
Charles B. Corbin; Greg Welk; William R. Corbin; Karen A. Welk
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Softcover

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Provides readers with the self-management skills necessary to adopt a healthy lifestyle. Presented in a conceptual format (offering brief concepts rather than chapters), this title focuses on process or lifestyle changes, with coverage of planning that enables students to apply the concepts immediately.

Long description

This trusted text provides readers with the self-management skills necessary to adopt a healthy lifestyle; enhanced by the use of the activity labs and logs also included, these skills will make a positive difference in the readers' health, fitness, and wellness. The text's proven conceptual format (offering brief concepts rather than chapters) presents information in a useful and concise way, and its focus on process or lifestyle changes, with early coverage of planning, enables students to apply the concepts immediately. It is one of three Concepts texts now available at the same time, each offering a distinct topical emphasis.

Product details

Publisher:
McGraw Hill Higher Education
ISBN:
9780071101882
Publication date:
December 2006
Length:
254mm
Width:
203mm
Thickness:
19mm
Weight:
1104g
Edition:
7th Revised edition
Illustrations:
Illustrations

Table of contents

  • Section 1 Lifestyles for Health, Wellness, and Fitness 1 Health, Wellness, Fitness, and Healthy Lifestyles: An Introduction 2 Self-Management and Self-Planning Skills for Health Behavior Change Section II An Introduction to Physical Activity 3 Preparing for Physical Activity 4 The Health Benefits of Physical Activity 5 How Much Physical Activity Is Enough? Section III The Physical Activity Pyramid 6 Lifestyle Physical Activity: Being Active in Diverse Environments 7 Cardiovascular Fitness 8 Active Aerobics, Sports, and Recreational Activities 9 Flexibility and Stretching Exercises 10 Muscle Fitness and Resistance Exercises Section IV Physical Activity: Special Considerations 11 Body Mechanics: Posture, Questionable Exercises, and Care of the Back and Neck 12 Performance Benefits of Physical Activity Section V Nutrition and Body Composition 13 Body Composition 14 Nutrition 15 Managing Diet and Activity for Healthy Body Fatness Section VI Stress Management 16 Stress and Health 17 Stress Management, Relaxation, and Time Management Section VII Avoiding Destructive Behaviors 18 The Use and Abuse of Tobacco 19 The Use and Abuse of Alcohol 20 The Use and Abuse of Other Drugs 21 Preventing Sexually Transmitted Diseases Section VIII Making Informed Choices 22 Cancer, Diabetes, and Other Health Threats 23 Recognizing Quackery: Becoming an Informed Consumer 24 Toward Optimal Health and Wellness: Planning for Healthy Lifestyle Change

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