Copyright Goodheart-Willcox Co., Inc. Essential Health xiii Special Features What’s Your Health and Wellness IQ? Health and Wellness .................................................................................................................5 H l th d W ll 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 Health y Relationships ...........................................................................................................529 52 9 Confl ict, Violence, and Abuse ...............................................................................................557 Sexual Reproduction and Pregnancy ....................................................................................591 Childbirth and Parenting .......................................................................................................629 Human Development ............................................................................................................661 I d Ed In come and Edu cation 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 I d Ed Research in Action