Essential concepts for healthy living

Thoroughly revised and updated, Essential Concepts for Healthy Living, Sixth Edition provides students with a clear and concise introduction to the latest scientific and medical research in personal health. With its unique focus on critical thinking and analysis of health-related behaviors and attit...

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Main Authors: Alters, Sandra (Author), Schiff, Wendy (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Burlington, MA Jones & Bartlett Learning 2013
Edition:Sixth Edition
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Summary:Thoroughly revised and updated, Essential Concepts for Healthy Living, Sixth Edition provides students with a clear and concise introduction to the latest scientific and medical research in personal health. With its unique focus on critical thinking and analysis of health-related behaviors and attitudes, this text enhances students' understanding of their own health needs and presents the scientific background necessary for students to think critically about the reliability of health-related information they encounter in the media. New to the Sixth Edition Updated Design - interior layout has been upgraded and modernized Includes Healthy People 2020 and MyPlate New sections added - Transgender, Anti-Drug Vaccines, Alcohol-related injury deaths in college students, Electronic cigarettes, or e-cigarettes, Celiac Disease, Consumer Health: CAM Products and Colds, and more
Physical Description:xxiii, 698 pages colour illustrations 28 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:9781449630621
1449630626
9781449651930
1449651933