Essential Health, 1st Edition
Essential Health is the most up-to-date, skills-based text available for high school health and wellness classes. With its engaging writing and numerous supporting activities, this text presents the study of health and wellness as a dynamic discussion, relevant to students’ lives. In addition to the standard topics, the text contains in-depth coverage of sleep, body image, and health across the lifespan. Content and skills are aligned to the National Health Education Standards.
Table of Contents
Abbreviated Contents
Essential Health, 1st Edition
- Front Matter
- Unit 1 Introduction to Health and Wellness
- Unit 2 Nutrition and Food Choices
- Unit 3 Fitness and Personal Health
- Unit 4 Understanding and Avoiding Hazardous Substances
- Unit 5 Diseases and Disorders
- Unit 6 Mental and Emotional Health and Wellness
- Unit 7 Social Health and Wellness
- Unit 8 The Human Life Cycle
- Background Lessons
- Appendix A Body Mass Index for Boys
- Appendix B Body Mass Index for Girls
- Appendix C Nutrient Content Claims
- Appendix D Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans
- Appendix E Vitamin and Mineral Deficiency Disease
- Photo Credits
- Glossary/Glosario
- Index