Total Fitness and Wellness

Using an active learning approach, Total Fitness and Wellness, Fourth Edition gives students a solid foundation in fitness and lifetime wellness, while teaching them how to make healthy behavioural changes and lifestyle choices. The Fourth Edition includes the latest research in exercise science and expanded coverage of wellness throughout the book. Scott Powers and Stephen Dodd are award-winning instructors who bring their expertise in exercise physiology to the text. In addition, new author Virginia Noland brings her expertise in health, wellness, and behaviour change practices to this edition of the text.; Expanded media package includes an expanded MyHealthLab. Which includes an interactive e-book, an electronic version of the Behavior Change logbook and wellness journal, digital clips from the Discovery Channel Health and Wellness Lecture Launcher videos, and new activities, self-assessments, and quizzes. The Companion Website has also been updated and revised to enhance learning; Increased coverage of wellness throughout the text and the addition of a new co-author with an expert background in behavior change and lifetime wellness; Updated coverage throughout the text including new references and the inclusion of current topics and fads such as low-carb diets, complementary and alternative medicine, stress-management strategies, pilates, diabetes and prediabetes, dietary supplements, and emotional health.; Sexually Transmitted Infections and Addictive Substances now split into two different chapters; Expanded discussion of how to modify unhealthy behavior; New Suggested Reading lists and Web Links at the end of each chapter; A Closer Look boxes give the reader insight into special topics; Fitness and Wellness for All boxes present current health research