Full of current information, visual spark, and written to encourage behavior change, AN INVITATION TO HEALTH: BRIEF, FOURTH EDITION introduces students to research, information, and recommendations related to health and healthy lifestyles. Praised for its clear and engaging writing style, Dianne Hales' text addresses the issues related to health and wellness that affect college students now as well as the issues that they can face in their future. The "brief" form of the more comprehensive AN INVITATION TO HEALTH, ELEVENTH EDITION, the new FOURTH EDITION of AN INVITATION TO HEALTH: BRIEF continues to emphasize the importance of making healthy choices and covers a broad range of topics and research related to personal health and wellness, from stress on the body to dietary supplements, buying drugs online, binge drinking, quitting smoking, and treating cancer and heart disease. Students are well informed of the latest health guidelines, research, and trends so they can make responsible and informed decisions about their own state of mental, emotional, and physical well being.

An Invitation to Health, Brief- W/CD

DIANNE HALES

Thomson/Wadsworth

Custom Version: An Invitation to Health

Lara Lauzon

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Nelson Cengage Adapted

An abridged version of Dianne Hales' AN INVITATION TO HEALTH, NINTH EDITION--the best-selling text for the introductory health course! Focusing on personal health choice and the prevention of illness, Hales' text informs while empowering students to make responsible decisions in their daily lives.

An Invitation To Health: Brief Edition

Nelson College Indigenous

Product Description An Invitation to Health, sixth Canadian edition, provides students with research-backed information, advice, and recommendations that enable them to take charge of their own health, helping them find and stay on the right track to a healthy lifestyle. From the physical and mental, to social and sexual, all aspects of health affecting mind, body, and spirit are explored. This text offers the most current research from Canada and across the globe in an easy-to-follow format that guarantees you are up-to-date in the field. The skills you acquire, habits you form, choices you make, and the way you live each day will shape your future and your health. This product will help you embrace health and wellness so that you have the opportunity to live a satisfying life and achieve your full potential. About the Author Dianne Hales is one of the most widely published and honored health writers in the country. Her bestselling textbooks include AN INVITATION TO HEALTH, AN INVITATION TO WELLNESS, and AN INVITATION TO PERSONAL CHANGE. Her most recent trade book is LA PASSIONE: HOW ITALY SEDUCED THE WORLD. Others include the award-winning compendium of mental health information CARING FOR THE MIND: THE COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO MENTAL HEALTH; THINK THIN, BE THIN (with Doris Helmering); JUST LIKE A WOMAN: HOW GENDER SCIENCE IS REDEFINING WHAT MAKES US FEMALE; THE MIND-MOOD PILL BOOK; INTENSIVE CARING: NEW HOPE FOR HIGH RISK PREGNANCY (with Dr. Timothy Johnson); HOW TO SLEEP LIKE A BABY; THE U.S. ARMY TOTAL FITNESS PROGRAM; NEW HOPE FOR PROBLEM PREGNANCIES; and THE COMPLETE BOOK OF SLEEP. The President of Italy named Hales a "Cavaliere dell'Ordine della Stella della Solidarietà Italiana" (Knight of the Order of the Star of Italian Solidarity) in recognition of her bestselling book LA BELLA LINGUA as an "invaluable tool for promoting the Italian language." Her other writing awards include prizes from the American Psychiatric Association, the American Psychological Association, the National Women's Political Caucus, California Psychiatric Society, CHADD (Children and Adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder), Council for the Advancement of Scientific Education, and the New York City Public Library. Her latest general audience book is the biography MONA LISA: A LIFE DISCOVERED.Lara Lauzon is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Exercise Science, Physical and Health Education at the University of Victoria. Her teaching and research focus is human wellness and potential and active health. She has worked for non-profit, municipal, provincial and private health and fitness agencies. Lara co-produced and hosted a long running internationally syndicated health and fitness show called Body Moves. She has won many awards including a Faculty of Education Teaching Excellence Award, a Graduate Student Award for Teaching Excellence, the Victoria ‘Y’ Women of Distinction of Award for the fitness and health category, the B.C. Promotion Plus Leadership Award for promotion of girls and women in fitness and sport, a B.C. Paraplegic Association Award for the production of two fitness videos for persons with disabilities, and a Community Wellness Award. She has written numerous fitness and health columns for newspapers and magazines and has published a number of fitness and health journal articles. Lara has co-authored a textbook titled An Invitation to Health, First Canadian edition along with Diane Hales, and is also a popular keynote speaker and workshop presenter.

An Invitation to Health

Bundle: An Invitation To Health: Taking Charge Of Your Health, Brief Edition, Loose-leaf Version, 11th + Mindtap, 1 Term Printed Access Card

Looseleaf book. No codes not included. From physical and mental to social and sexual, Dianne Hales' AN INVITATION TO HEALTH: TAKING CHARGE OF YOUR HEALTH helps students achieve a healthier lifestyle now and in the future. The 19th Edition covers new research on such topics as happiness and health, current statistics on life expectancy and death rates, mental health and anxiety, screen time and online presence, Dietary Guidelines, immunization, sleep habits, stress levels, safe sex practices, substance abuse including new information on the opioid epidemic, dubious diets and trendy foods, fitness monitors, vaping and cannabinoids. It also addresses healthy living on a budget, preventive measures and practical strategies that turn small changes into big benefits.

An Invitation to Health: Taking Charge of Your Health

Cengage Publishing

From physical and mental to social and sexual, Dianne Hales' AN INVITATION TO HEALTH: TAKING CHARGE OF YOUR HEALTH helps students achieve a healthier lifestyle now and in the future. The 19th Edition covers new research on such topics as happiness and health, current statistics on life expectancy and death rates, mental health and anxiety, screen time and online presence, Dietary Guidelines, immunization, sleep habits, stress levels, safe sex practices, substance abuse including new information on the opioid epidemic, dubious diets and trendy foods, fitness monitors, vaping and cannabinoids. It also addresses healthy living on a budget, preventive measures and practical strategies that turn small changes into big benefits.

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Personal Health Self-Assessments and Health Almanac for An Innovation to Health

Brooks/Cole

An Invitation to Health at SJSU Department of Health Science

An Invitation to Wellness Instructors Edition

Thompson/Wadsworth

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