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Physical Activity & Health: An Interactive Approach, Third Edition

Author(s): Jerome E. Kotecki, HSD, Ball State University
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  • ISBN-13: 9780763779702
  • Paperback    400 pages      © 2011
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Overview

Physical Activity and Health: An Interactive Approach, Third Edition serves as a valuable text for understanding the workings of the complex systems within the human body and the multidimensional components of human health. This text presents scientific evidence on the relationship between physical activity and health in a readable and understandable format. Filled with information, guidance, recommendations, and practical applications, it prepares students to identify the aspects of personal behavior that, with modification, can improve their overall health. Together with engaging features that address self-assessment and changing health habits, it charts a path that puts students in control and allows them to decide what to do and how and when to do it.

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  • Includes coverage of the recently published, first-ever Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans and Healthy People 2020
  • Marginal definitions of key terms and concepts are included throughout the text
  • Short scenarios and key concepts are featured at the beginning of each chapter
  • Summaries including reinforcement of chapter concepts, critical thinking questions, and the connection between physical activity and health are included at the end of each chapter
  • Supporting figures, tables, and pictures are richly illustrated
  • "What’s the Connection” and the “Making the Connection” sections personalize the importance of the concepts addressed in each chapter
  • Activities and Assessment Manual: New activities and assessments as well as those from the 2nd edition are assembled into one convenient manual. Students can turn in these pages as assignments making behavior change more likely.

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ShowTable of Contents

Unit 1  Achieving Health Through Physical Activity
  Chapter 1  The Physical Activity and Health Connection
  Chapter 2   Understanding and Enhancing Health Behaviors
   Chapter 3   Principles of Physical Fitness Development
Unit 2   The Building Blocks of Fitness
  Chapter 4  The Heart of Physical Fitness: Cardiorespiratory Endurance
  Chapter 5   The Power of Resistance Training: Strengthening Your Health
  Chapter 6   Focus on Flexibility: Stretching for Better Health
Unit 3  Energizing and Supporting Your Body
  Chapter 7  Optimal Nutrition for an Active Lifestyle
  Chapter 8  Achieving and Maintaining a Healthy Weight
  Chapter 9   Achieving Optimal Bone Health
Unit 5  Making Informed Decisions
  Chapter 10   Mental Health and Coping with Stress
  Chapter 11   Making Informed Decisions about Drug Use
  Chapter 13   Developing Healthy Social and Intimate Relationships
Unit 5  Protecting Your Health
   Chapter 14   Protecting Your Cardiovascular System
   Chapter 15   Reducing Your Cancer Risk
  Chapter 16   Preventing Sexually Transmitted Infections
  Appendix A  Injury and Prevention
  Appendix B  Healthy People 2020 Overview
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Jerome E. Kotecki, HSD-Ball State University

Jerome E. Kotecki is a Professor of Health Science in the Department of Physiology and Health Science at Ball State University. Dr. Kotecki earned his doctorate in health science and his masters’ degree in exercise science from Indiana University. Professor Kotecki has published over 30 scientific articles and is co-author of the best selling textbooks An Introduction to Community Health and Physical Activity and Health: An Interactive Approach. Dr. Kotecki’s current research is focused on the impact of lifestyle medicine on chronic diseases. He is the lead scientist on several large healthy lifestyle studies focusing on the role of health-care professionals in health counseling.

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This text easily accommodates a variety of physical activity, fitness, wellness, and personal health courses.

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      Instructor's ToolKit CD-ROM

      ISBN-13: 9780763795979

      The Instructor’s ToolKit CD-ROM is a comprehensive teaching resource available to adopters of this text. It includes an Instructor’s Manual, PowerPoint Presentations, TestBank, and an Image and Table Bank. The resources have been formatted so that instructors can integrate them into many popular online course management systems.

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      BlackBoard ready Test Bank
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      EatRight Analysis Online, Version 15.0

      ISBN-13: 9780763746186 ISBN-10: 0763746185

      This diet analysis software includes over 20,000 food choices, MyPyramid, 2005 Dietary Guidelines, and current DRIs. It allows students to analyze their diets by RDAs/DRIs and goal percentages. Developed by ESHA Research, EatRight Analysis is designed to teach students about the roles that behavior and personal decision-making play in the way that they eat.

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      Electronic Activities and Assessment Manual, Third Edition

      ISBN-13: 9780763793852

      This easy-to-use manual offers activities and self-assessments to motivate students to improve and enhance their health and well-being through physical activity. Students will learn how to apply the techniques discussed in the main text, examine their attitude toward physical activity, and assess their readiness to change lifestyle behaviors.

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      Activities and Assessment Manual, Third Edition

      ISBN-13: 9780763793876 ISBN-10: 0763793876

      This easy-to-use manual offers activities and self-assessments to motivate students to improve and enhance their health and well-being through physical activity. Students will learn how to apply the techniques discussed in the main text, examine their attitude toward physical activity, and assess their readiness to change lifestyle behaviors.

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