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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
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
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