Access to Health, Ninth Edition is the most comprehensive and authoritative text for your personal health class. As a teacher, mentor, and researcher, Rebecca Donatelle knows the health issues that are important to you, and she addresses them in a clear, friendly, and engaging style. This new edition offers updated coverage of hot topics such as low-carb and low-fat diets, diabetes, new contraceptive methods, and yoga, demonstrating the connection between this course and your daily life. Donatelle teaches you how to be a savvy, critical consumer of health information and provides hands-on practical tools to help you make positive behavior changes. Book jacket.