Physical Activity & Health - 9781284025873

Kotecki (health science, Ball State U.) teaches undergraduate students in physical activity, fitness, wellness, and personal health courses about physical activity and health, with coverage ranging from physical fitness and nutrition to weight, mental health, cancer and cardiovascular risk, drug use, and sexually transmitted infections. This edition has more on epidemiology, risk factors, and preventive care; a graphic that integrates the Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans and the American College of Sports Medicine's exercise guidelines for optimal health and fitness; updated information on MyPlate, Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2010, and Healthy People 2020; and a revised chapter on consumer health that includes health fraud, marketing techniques, health literacy, becoming a wiser health consumer, using the Internet, finding health organizations, and the health care system. It has more on Acceptable Macronutrient Distribution Ranges; new photos; new information on body fat distribution, abdominal obesity, and its effect on metabolic abnormalities; new sections on developing a healthy sexual relationship and managing fertility; and a revised unit on major diseases. The companion website features quizzes, flashcards, crosswords, an anatomical review, physical activity and nutrition journals, and other learning resources. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)