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Essential Health ix
Fitness and Personal Health
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Chapter 6
Physical Fitness
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Lesson 6.1
The Benefi ts of Improved Physical Fitness . . . . . 160
Lesson 6.2
The Components of Physical Fitness . . . . . . . . . . 169
Lesson 6.3
Fitness Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Chapter 6 Review and Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Chapter 7
Sleep
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Lesson 7.1
Getting Enough Sleep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Lesson 7.2
The Science behind Sleep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Lesson 7.3
Common Sleeping Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Lesson 7.4
Strategies for Getting the Sleep You Need . . . . . . 216
Chapter 7 Review and Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Chapter 8
Personal Hygiene and Basic Healthcare
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Lesson 8.1
Taking Care of Your Skin, Hair, and Nails . . . . . . . 228
Lesson 8.2
Common Skin Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Lesson 8.3
Keeping Your Mouth, Eyes, and Ears Healthy . . . 239
Chapter 8 Review and Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Understanding and Avoiding Hazardous
Substances
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Chapter 9
Tobacco
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Lesson 9.1
The Health Effects of Tobacco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Lesson 9.2
Why People Use Tobacco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Lesson 9.3
Treating and Preventing Nicotine Addiction . . . . . 272
Chapter 9 Review and Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Chapter 10
Alcohol
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Lesson 10.1
How Does Alcohol Impact Your Body? . . . . . . . . . 286
Lesson 10.2
The Effects of Alcohol on Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Lesson 10.3
Reasons People Use and Abuse Alcohol . . . . . . 300
Lesson 10.4
Strategies for Preventing and Treating Alcohol Abuse . . 306
Chapter 10 Review and Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Chapter 11
Medications and Drugs
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Lesson 11.1
Medications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
Lesson 11.2
Drugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
Lesson 11.3
Drug Abuse and Addiction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
Chapter 11 Review and Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
Unit 3
Unit 4