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Essential Concepts for Healthy Living 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.

ChapterChapter 1 Health: The Foundation for Life
ChapterChapter 2 Psychological Health
ChapterChapter 3 Stress and Its Management
ChapterChapter 4 Violence and Abuse
ChapterChapter 5 Reproductive Health
ChapterChapter 6 Relationships and Sexuality
ChapterChapter 7 Drug Use and Abuse
ChapterChapter 8 Alcohol and Tobacco
ChapterChapter 9 Nutrition
ChapterChapter 10 Body Weight and Its Management
ChapterChapter 11 Physical Fitness
ChapterChapter 12 Cardiovascular Health
ChapterChapter 13 Cancer
ChapterChapter 14 Infection, Immunity, and Noninfectious Disease
ChapterChapter 15 Aging, Dying, and Death
ChapterChapter 16 Environmental Health
AppendixA Healthy People 2020 Leading Health Indicators
AppendixB Injury Prevention and Emergency Care
AppendixC Dietary Reference Intakes for Certain Nutrients
AppendixD Choose MyPlate
AppendixE Eating Well with Canada's Food Guide

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Essential Concepts for Healthy Living

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