Previous ed. has different subtitle: the power of prevention.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

section 1. Taking charge of your health -- 1. Your invitation to healthy change -- Health and wellness -- The dimensions of health -- A report card on the health of Americans -- Health disparities -- A report card on the health of young adults -- Staying healthy on campus -- Making quality health-care decisions -- Making healthy changes -- Learn it/live it -- Self survey -- Making this chapter work for you -- 2. Psychological and spiritual well-being -- Psychological well-being -- Feeling in control -- Spiritual health -- Sleepless on campus -- Learn it/live it -- Self survey -- Making this chapter work for you -- 3. Personal stress management -- What is stress? -- What causes stress? -- Stress and physical health -- Stress on campus -- Men, women, and stress -- Other personal stressors -- Responses to stress -- Traumatic life events and stress -- Organizing your time -- Learn it/live it -- Self survey -- Making this chapter work for you -- 4. Taking care of your mind -- The brain : the last frontier -- Understanding mental health -- Mental health on campus -- Depressive disorders -- Anxiety disorders -- Attention disorders -- Schizophrenia -- Suicide -- Overcoming problems of the mind -- Learn it/live it -- Self survey -- Making this chapter work for you --

section 2. Healthy lifestyles -- 5. The joy of fitness -- What is physical fitness? -- The inactivity epidemic -- Physical activity and health -- The principles of exercise -- Improving cardiorespiratory fitness -- Building muscular fitness -- Drugs used to boost athletic performance -- Becoming more flexible -- Keeping your back healthy -- Body composition -- Evaluating fitness products and programs -- Sports nutrition -- Safe and healthy workouts -- Learn it/live it -- Self survey -- Making this chapter work for you -- 6. Personal nutrition -- What you need to know about nutrients -- Eating guidelines for Americans -- The way we eat -- Taking charge of what you eat -- Food safety -- Nutritional quackery -- Learn it/live it -- Self survey -- Making this chapter work for you -- 7. Managing your weight -- The global epidemic -- Body image -- Understanding weight problems -- Health dangers of excess weight -- If you're too thin : how to gain weight -- A practical guide to weight loss -- The psychology of losing weight -- Maintaining weight loss -- Treating severe obesity -- Unhealthy eating behaviors -- Eating disorders -- Learn it/live it -- Self survey -- Making this chapter work for you --

section 3. Responsible sexuality -- 8. Communicating and relating -- Your social health -- Personal communications -- Nonverbal communication -- How men and women communicate -- Forming relationships -- Healthy relationships -- The science of romantic love -- Assessing a relationship -- Mature love -- Dysfunctional relationships -- Committed relationships -- Family ties -- Learn it/live it -- Self survey -- Making this chapter work for you -- 9. Personal sexuality -- Human sexuality -- Sexuality and the dimensions of health -- Becoming male or female -- Women's sexual health -- Men's sexual health -- Responsible sexuality -- Sexual behavior -- Sexual diversity -- Sexual activity -- Sexual response -- Sexual concerns -- Sex therapy -- Learn it/live it -- Self survey -- Making this chapter work for you -- 10. Reproductive choices -- Reproductive responsibility -- Conception -- Birth control basics -- Abstinence and nonpenetrative sexual activity -- A cross-cultural perspective -- Choosing a birth control method -- Barrier contraceptives -- Hormonal contraceptives -- Intrauterine contraceptives -- Fertility awareness methods -- Emergency contraception -- Sterilization -- Abortion -- Childfree by choice -- Pregnancy -- Childbirth -- Infertility -- Learn it/live it -- Self survey -- Making this chapter work for you --

section 4. Avoiding health risks -- 11. Avoiding addictions -- Risky behaviors -- Gambling on campus -- Drug use on campus -- Understanding drugs and their effects -- Men, women, and drugs -- Caffeine and its effects -- Medications -- Prescription drug abuse on campus -- Substance use disorders -- Common drugs of abuse -- Treating substance dependence and abuse -- Learn it/live it -- Self survey -- Making this chapter work for you -- 12. Alcohol use, misuse, and abuse -- Drinking in America -- Drinking on campus -- Understanding alcohol -- The impact of alcohol on the body -- Alcohol, gender, and race -- Alcohol problems -- Alcoholism treatments -- Alcoholism's impact on relationships -- Learn it/live it -- Self survey -- Making this chapter work for you -- 13. Tobacco use, misuse, and abuse -- Smoking in America -- Tobacco use on campus -- Why people start smoking -- Why people keep smoking -- Smoking, gender, and race -- Tobacco's immediate effects -- Health effects of cigarette smoking -- Other forms of tobacco -- Quitting -- Environmental tobacco smoke -- Learn it/live it -- Self survey -- Making this chapter work for you --

section 5. Protecting your health -- 14. Preventing infectious disease -- The power of prevention -- Your cardiometabolic health -- Metabolic syndrome -- Diabetes mellitus -- Hypertension -- Your lipoprotein profile -- Cardiovascular (heart) disease -- Crises of the heart -- Stroke -- Cancer -- Other major illnesses -- Learn it/live it -- Self survey -- Making this chapter work for you -- 15. Avoiding infectious diseases -- Understanding infection -- How your body protects itself -- Immunization for adults -- Common cold -- Influenza -- Meningitis -- Hepatitis -- Epstein-Barr virus and infectious mononucleosis -- Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) -- Herpes gladiatorum (mat herpes, wrestler's herpes, mat pox) -- Tuberculosis -- Group A and Group B strep infection -- Toxic shock syndrome -- The "superbug" threat : MRSA -- Insect- and animal-borne infections -- H1N1 virus and influenza (swine flu) -- The threat of a pandemic -- Emerging infectious diseases -- Reproductive and urinary tract infections -- Learn it/live it -- Self survey -- Making this chapter work for you -- 16. Lowering your risk of sexually transmitted infections -- The ABCs of safer sex -- Sexually transmitted infections and diseases -- Human papilloma virus -- Genital herpes -- Chlamydia -- Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) -- Gonorrhea -- Nongonococcal urethritis (NGU) -- Syphilis -- Chancroid -- Pubic lice and scabies -- Trichomoniasis -- HIV and AIDS -- Learn it/live it -- Self survey -- Making this chapter work for you -- 17. Getting quality traditional and nontraditional health care -- Getting quality health care -- Personalizing your health care -- Choosing a primary care physician -- Asserting your medical rights -- Elective treatments -- Getting quality nontraditional health care -- The health-care system -- Learn it/live it -- Self survey -- Making this chapter work for you -- 18. Protecting yourself form injury, violence, and victimization -- Personal safety -- Safety at work -- Safety at home -- Which gender is at greater risk? -- Living in a dangerous world -- Crime and violence on campus -- Sexual victimization and violence -- Learn it/live it -- Self survey -- Making this chapter work for you -- 19. Creating a healthier environment -- The environment and your health -- Climate change -- The impact on pollution -- The air you breathe -- Working toward sustainability -- The water you drink -- Indoor pollutants : the inside story -- Chemical risks -- Invisible threats -- Your hearing health -- Learn it/live it -- Self survey -- Making this chapter work for you -- 20. A lifetime of health -- The aging of America -- Successful aging -- Sexuality and aging -- The challenges of age -- Preparing for medical crises and the end of life -- Death and dying -- How we die -- Suicide -- The practicalities of death -- Grief -- Learn it/live it -- Self survey -- Making this chapter work for you -- Glossary -- References -- Index.