| Your Health Today, Brief: Choices in a Changing Society [With Other] Contributor(s): Teague, Michael L. (Author), MacKenzie, Sara L. C. (Author), Rosenthal, David M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0073265314 ISBN-13: 9780073265315 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Langua OUR PRICE: $84.55 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2006 Annotation: This exciting new brief text presents personal health in the context of a changing social and cultural environment. Going beyond behavior change and individual responsibility, it offers a broadened view of health that includes the impact of family, community, and society. It's a new way of looking at health: "It's not just personal..." "Choice" is another key theme in "Your Health Today," Emphasizing the importance of making informed health choices, this text demonstrates how these choices affect an individual's health--for today and for a lifetime. The brief version of "Your Health Today" contains five fewer chapters than the big book, but it still offers in-depth coverage of key topics such as nutrition and fitness and presents complete chapters on genetics, sleep, body image, and spirituality. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Health & Fitness | Health Care Issues |
| Dewey: 362.1 |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 8.46" W x 10.76" (2.43 lbs) 512 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Presents personal health in the context of a changing social and cultural environment. Going beyond behavior change and individual responsibility, this work offers a view of health that includes the impact of family, community, and society. It also covers topics such as nutrition and fitness, genetics, sleep, body image, and spirituality. |