DRUGS ACROSS THE SPECTRUM invites you to examine the motivation for drug use, the social implications of drug use, legal ramifications, and factors affecting how drugs interact with the human body. The ninth edition looks at the history and culture surrounding drug use and abuse, provides key information regarding specific types of drugs and reviews drug treatment, education and prevention approaches and programs. Using active learning features like "Fact or Fiction" and "Thinking Critically" questions, authors Goldberg and Mitchell help you understand the issues of drugs in society today. Read More

Pardess Mitchell| Raymond Goldberg

ISBN-13: 9780357852651 | ISBN-10: 0357852656

©2024

Achieve a healthier lifestyle -- physically, emotionally, socially, and sexually -- with AN INVITATION TO HEALTH, 20th Edition. In addition to integrated, up-to-date coverage of the Covid 19 pandemic, you'll find new research on such topics as happiness and health, current statistics on life expectancy and death rates, mental health and anxiety, navigating social media, Dietary Guidelines, immunization, stress levels, safer sex practices, substance abuse, dubious diets and trendy foods, fitness monitors, vaping and cannabinoids. The book's active learning strategies offer a special focus on healthy living on a budget, taking preventive measures for healthier outcomes and implementing practical strategies that turn small changes into big benefits. Read More

Lisa Tunks

ISBN-13: 9780357728345 | ISBN-10: 0357728343

©2023

Start making healthier choices now for a lifestyle of healthy living with Tunks' AN INVITATION TO HEALTH, BRIEF EDITION, 12th Edition, This empowering text helps you assess your health behaviors, encourages positive behavior change, and gives you effective ways to achieve your health and wellness goals. Covering body, mind, and spirit, this edition provides ideas and tools that you can immediately apply to your own life. "Health on a Budget" features demonstrate practical ways you can achieve your health goals in low- and no-cost ways, while "Consumer Alert" features help you evaluate health care. AN INVITATION TO HEALTH is filled with active learning strategies, includes preventive measures for healthier outcomes and offers practical strategies that turn small changes into healthy outcomes. Read More

Lisa Tunks| Lisa Tunks

ISBN-13: 9780357727904 | ISBN-10: 0357727908

©2023

Accept the wellness challenge with PRINCIPLES AND LABS FOR FITNESS AND WELLNESS, 16th Edition! Designed to help you achieve an active lifestyle, this book challenges you to be your best self and inspire others while you’re at it. By adopting key behavior modification techniques and making small changes in your life (and the lives of your future clients should you choose a fitness career), obstacles disappear--along with bad habits. This book also gives you the tools to create the right exercise program for your values, make solid nutrition choices, implement chronic-disease prevention guidelines, and overcome any barriers to personal change you may face. To support you along the way, PRINCIPLES AND LABS FOR FITNESS AND WELLNESS, 16th Edition, offers interactive tools such as exercise videos, online labs and self-assessments for maintaining your healthy lifestyle. Read More

Werner W.K. Hoeger| Sharon A. Hoeger| Cherie I. Hoeger| Cherie I. Hoeger

ISBN-13: 9780357727508 | ISBN-10: 0357727509

©2023

Take control of your personal well-being with LIFETIME PHYSICAL FITNESS & WELLNESS, 16th Edition. The book shows you how to assess your current behaviors, identify potential problem areas and apply practical steps to start positive changes. Real life stories from other students bring chapter concepts to life. Additionally, hands-on activities help you assess your fitness and wellness level and put chapter concepts into personal practice. Online resources reinforce key concepts through behavior modification planning activities, practice tests, online activities and labs, and a behavior change planner. Empower yourself to make positive changes and improve your health with LIFETIME PHYSICAL FITNESS & WELLNESS. Read More

Werner W.K. Hoeger| Sharon A. Hoeger| Amber L. Fawson| Cherie I. Hoeger

ISBN-13: 9780357447123 | ISBN-10: 0357447123

©2022

Take control of your health—and life—with FITNESS & WELLNESS. Reflecting the latest research and practical guidelines on nutrition, fitness, and disease prevention, the 14th Edition equips you with the tools you need to make positive choices for your health. After assessing your current habits, you can immediately use the book's step-by-step instruction and hands-on activities to start making positive behavior changes in your own life. In addition, engaging photos, illustrations, and descriptive examples in each chapter help you visualize key concepts, while online resources, including behavior modification planning activities, practice tests, online labs, and a behavior change planner, extend your learning beyond the classroom. Empower yourself to make positive changes and improve your health and quality of life with FITNESS & WELLNESS. Read More

Werner W.K. Hoeger| Sharon A. Hoeger| Cherie I. Hoeger| Amber L. Fawson

ISBN-13: 9780357367810 | ISBN-10: 0357367812

©2021

Finally, a textbook that you don’t mind reading. In fact, you’ll probably share it with your stressed-out family and friends. And when the class has finished, you probably won’t sell it back. STRESS MANAGEMENT FOR LIFE: A RESEARCH-BASED EXPERIENTIAL APPROACH, 5th Edition, and the accompanying stress-reducing audio files, contain all the leading-edge tools, principles, and experiences you need to help you profoundly reduce and even prevent stress. More than just a book about how to manage stress, this book offers you a life-changing experience. If you’re tired of headaches, difficulties sleeping, feeling burned out or depressed, or experiencing a host of other chronic stress symptoms; if you’d like to master mindfulness, meditation, yoga, positive self-talk, find meaning, manage your time, and dozens of other stress-managing tools, this is the only stress management book you’ll ever need. Read More

Michael Olpin| Margie Hesson

ISBN-13: 9780357363966 | ISBN-10: 0357363965

©2021

From physical and mental to social and sexual, Dianne Hales' AN INVITATION TO HEALTH: TAKING CHARGE OF YOUR HEALTH helps students achieve a healthier lifestyle now and in the future. The 19th Edition covers new research on such topics as happiness and health, current statistics on life expectancy and death rates, mental health and anxiety, screen time and online presence, Dietary Guidelines, immunization, sleep habits, stress levels, safe sex practices, substance abuse including new information on the opioid epidemic, dubious diets and trendy foods, fitness monitors, vaping and cannabinoids. It also addresses healthy living on a budget, preventive measures and practical strategies that turn small changes into big benefits. Read More

Dianne Hales

ISBN-13: 9780357136799 | ISBN-10: 0357136799

©2021

Start making healthier choices now for a lifestyle of healthy living. AN INVITATION TO HEALTH: TAKING CHARGE OF YOUR HEALTH, BRIEF EDITION, 11th Edition, helps you assess your health behaviors, encourages positive behavior change, and gives you effective ways to achieve it. Covering body, mind, and spirit, the book addresses current issues related to health and wellness that can affect you now and throughout your life. The book empowers you with practical ideas and tools that you can immediately apply to your own life. "Health on a Budget" features demonstrate practical ways you can achieve your health goals in low- and no-cost ways, while "Consumer Alert" features help you evaluate health care. AN INVITATION TO HEALTH helps you build your foundation for a healthier future. Read More

Dianne Hales

ISBN-13: 9781337919401 | ISBN-10: 1337919403

©2021

Accept the wellness challenge with PRINCIPLES AND LABS FOR FITNESS AND WELLNESS, 15th Edition! Designed to get you off the couch and into an active lifestyle, this book challenges you to be your best self and inspire others while you’re at it. By adopting key behavior modification techniques and making small changes in your life, obstacles disappear--along with bad habits. This book also gives you the tools to create the right exercise program for your values, make solid nutrition choices, lead an active lifestyle and overcome any barriers to personal change you may face. To support you all the way, PRINCIPLES AND LABS FOR FITNESS AND WELLNESS, 15th Edition, offers interactive tools such as exercise videos, online labs and self-assessments for maintaining your healthy lifestyle. Read More

Werner W.K. Hoeger| Sharon A. Hoeger| Cherie I. Hoeger| Amber L. Fawson

ISBN-13: 9780357020258 | ISBN-10: 0357020251

©2020

Take control of your health--and life--with FITNESS AND WELLNESS. Reflecting the latest research and practical guidelines on nutrition, fitness and disease prevention, the 13th Edition equips you with the tools you need to make positive choices for your health. After assessing your current habits, you soon will be following the book's easy steps to start positive behavior changes. Hands-on activities let you immediately apply what you learn to your own life, while engaging visuals and descriptive examples in each chapter help you visualize key concepts. A wealth of online resources extend your learning beyond the classroom and reinforce key concepts through behavior modification planning activities, practice tests, online labs and a behavior change planner. Empower yourself to make positive changes and improve your health with FITNESS AND WELLNESS. Read More

Werner W.K. Hoeger| Sharon A. Hoeger| Cherie I. Hoeger| Amber L. Fawson

ISBN-13: 9781337392907 | ISBN-10: 1337392901

©2019

From physical and mental to social and sexual, Dianne Hales' AN INVITATION TO HEALTH: YOUR LIFE, YOUR FUTURE helps students achieve a healthier lifestyle now and in the future. The 18th Edition covers new research on such topics as happiness and health, current statistics on life expectancy and death rates, mindfulness for college students, 2015-2020 USDA Dietary Guidelines for Americans, immunization, sleep habits, stress levels, safe sex practices, healthier fast-food choices, substance abuse, dubious diets, fitness monitors and e-cigarettes. It also addresses healthy living on a budget, preventive measures and practical strategies that turn small changes into big benefits. Read More

Dianne Hales

ISBN-13: 9781337392891 | ISBN-10: 1337392898

©2019

Helping you take control of your health, LIFETIME PHYSICAL FITNESS AND WELLNESS, 15th Edition, provides the information and tools you need to make positive choices and lasting change. Assess your current behaviors, identify potential problem areas and apply practical steps to start positive changes. Vivid illustrations, descriptive examples and personal testimonies from other students bring chapter concepts to life. Hands-on activities help you assess your fitness and wellness level and put chapter concepts into personal practice, while Chapter 9 gives you the confidence to write your own exercise programs for every stage of life. Online resources reinforce key concepts through behavior modification planning activities, practice tests, online labs and a behavior change planner. Empower yourself to make positive changes and improve your health with LIFETIME PHYSICAL FITNESS AND WELLNESS. Read More

Werner W.K. Hoeger| Sharon A. Hoeger| Cherie I. Hoeger| Amber L. Fawson

ISBN-13: 9781337392686 | ISBN-10: 1337392685

©2019

DRUGS ACROSS THE SPECTRUM invites you to examine the motivation for drug use, the social implications of drug use, legal ramifications and factors affecting how drugs interact with the human body. The eighth edition looks at the history and culture surrounding drug use and abuse, provides key information regarding specific types of drugs and reviews drug treatment, education and prevention approaches and programs. Using active learning features like "Fact or Fiction" and "Thinking Critically" questions, authors Goldberg and Mitchell help readers personally understand the issues of drugs in society today. Available with MindTap Health, the digital learning solution that enables you to study when and where you want--even on your mobile. Read More

Pardess Mitchell| Raymond Goldberg

ISBN-13: 9781337557368 | ISBN-10: 1337557366

©2019

Explore your career options and sharpen your professional skills with Murray/Eldridge/Kohl's FOUNDATIONS OF KINESIOLOGY: A MODERN INTEGRATED APPROACH. Combining digital and traditional delivery methods so you can learn the way that works best for you, the text focuses on physical activity as the center of the Kinesiology universe. It emphasizes the evolving and ever-changing career opportunities available working with individuals and populations across the lifespan--children, adolescents, adults and older adults--and in a variety of settings, including work, leisure, transportation, home, schools, sport, fitness facilities and rehabilitation centers. It equips you with a solid foundation in basic Kinesiology and helps you develop the skills you need for a career in personal training, occupational and physical therapy, athletic training, sports psychology or sports management. Read More

Tinker D. Murray, Ph.D., FACSM| James A. Eldridge, Ed.D.| Harold W. Kohl III, Ph.D., FACSM, FNAK

ISBN-13: 9781337392709 | ISBN-10: 1337392707

©2019

Don’t be a Stress Head! Manage the pressures of college life with PERSONAL STRESS MANAGEMENT: FROM SURVIVING TO THRIVING. This book equips you with the insights and skills you need to conquer the demands ahead, and give you relief when stress levels rise. Written by health and psychology experts, this book delivers specific strategies for tackling common campus stressors, including academics, time management, and relationship issues. You’ll learn helpful, easy strategies for changing your perspective and responding to stress with confidence and resilience, empowering you to manage even the most difficult situations and come out on top--in the classroom, in the workplace, and in life. PERSONAL STRESS MANAGEMENT: FROM SURVIVING TO THRIVING engages you with practical tools you can use immediately, incorporating the latest insights from neuroscience, exercise physiology, nutrition, and medicine, while highlighting healthy habits like regular exercise and good nutrition to prevent burnout. Read More

Dianne Hales| Julia Hales

ISBN-13: 9781133364313 | ISBN-10: 1133364314

©2018

Start making healthier choices now for a lifestyle of healthy living. AN INVITATION TO HEALTH: The Power of NOW, BRIEF, 10th Edition, helps you assess your health behaviors, encourages positive behavior change, and gives you effective ways to achieve it. Covering body, mind, and spirit, the book addresses current issues related to health and wellness that can affect you now and throughout your life. The book empowers you with practical ideas and tools that you can immediately apply to your own life. "Health on a Budget" features demonstrate practical ways you can achieve your health goals in low- and no-cost ways, while "Consumer Alert" features help you evaluate health care. AN INVITATION TO HEALTH helps you build your foundation for a healthier future. Read More

Dianne Hales

ISBN-13: 9781337100007 | ISBN-10: 1337100005

©2018