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Health and Wellness .....................................................................................................................5
Behavior, Genes, and Environment ............................................................................................37
Nutrition ......................................................................................................................................67
Body Weight and Composition ..................................................................................................105
Body Image and Eating Disorders ............................................................................................131
Physical Fitness ........................................................................................................................159
Sleep and Health ......................................................................................................................197
Personal Hygiene ......................................................................................................................227
Tobacco Use .............................................................................................................................257
Alcohol Use ...............................................................................................................................285
Drug Abuse and Addiction ........................................................................................................317
Infectious Diseases ...................................................................................................................351
STIs and HIV/AIDS ...................................................................................................................381
Noncommunicable Diseases ....................................................................................................409
Mental and Emotional Health ....................................................................................................443
Stress and Stress Management................................................................................................473
Mental Illness ............................................................................................................................501
Healthy Relationships ...............................................................................................................529
Confl ict, Violence, and Abuse ...................................................................................................557
Sexual Reproduction and Pregnancy .......................................................................................591
Childbirth and Parenting ...........................................................................................................629
Human Development ................................................................................................................661
Planning and Preventing Pregnancy .........................................................................................699
Sexuality ...................................................................................................................................735
Income and Education Affect Health ...........................................................................................12
The Human Genome Project and Human Disease.....................................................................43
Does McDonald’s Food Taste Better? .........................................................................................84
Does Feeling Sad Make You Eat Popcorn? ..............................................................................115
Does the Preference for Thinness Begin in Preschool?............................................................135
Feeling Depressed? Try Some Exercise! ..................................................................................163
Does Sleep Help Prevent the Common Cold? ..........................................................................207
Turn Down Your Music and Take Off Your Headphones ............................................................248
Antismoking Ads Can Work ......................................................................................................277
The Hazards of Parental and Medial Modeling of Alcohol Use .................................................303
Can Listening to Music Be Bad for Your Health? ......................................................................340
Combating Antibiotic Resistance ..............................................................................................370
Point-of-Care Tests for STIs ......................................................................................................391
Improved Diabetes Control .......................................................................................................433
Emotional Intelligence in Schools .............................................................................................448
Is Procrastinating Bad for Your Health? ....................................................................................483
Sports and Brain Injury .............................................................................................................510
The Hazards of Driving with a Friend ........................................................................................544
Do Violent Video Games Cause Violence? ...............................................................................564
In Vitro Fertilization for Infertile Couples ...................................................................................619
Vaccines Do Not Cause SIDS ...................................................................................................640
The Adolescent Brain ................................................................................................................677
Long-Term, Reversible Contraceptives for Men ........................................................................728
Children of Homosexual Parents ..............................................................................................749
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