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iHealth

iHealth

4th Edition
By Phillip Sparling and Kerry Redican
ISBN10: 1260241076
ISBN13: 9781260241075
Copyright: 2021
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iHealth, 4e

Part 1 Personal Health: Revisiting the Basics

CHAPTER 1: Foundations Of Personal Health

Part 2 Health Behaviors: Living a Healthier Life  

CHAPTER 2: Choose A Healthy Diet
CHAPTER 3: Develop A Fitness Program 
CHAPTER 4: Avoid Drug Abuse 
CHAPTER 5: Respect Sexuality
CHAPTER 6: Manage Stress

Part 3  Health Risks and Consequences: Understanding Medical Conditions

CHAPTER 7: Mental Health And Disorders 
CHAPTER 8: Heart Disease And Stroke 
CHAPTER 9: Cancers 
CHAPTER 10: Diabetes 
CHAPTER 11: Infections 

Part 4  Health Care Choices: Navigating the Health Care System 

CHAPTER 12: The U.S. Health Care System 
CHAPTER 13: Health Care Decision Making 





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Phillip Sparling

Phillip B. Sparling is a Professor of Applied Physiology and Health Behavior in the College of Sciences at Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech). He received his undergraduate degree from Duke University and masters and doctorate from the University of Georgia. In addition to being a teacher and researcher at Georgia Tech for three decades, he has been a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Cape Town Medical School in South Africa, a Senior Scientist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, and a Visiting Research Professor in the School of Population Health at the University of Queensland in Australia. He has published some 70 peer-reviewed articles in scientific and medical journals. Dr. Sparling is a Fellow of the AAHPERD Research Consortium, American College of Sports Medicine, National Academy of Kinesiology, and the Society of Behavioral Medicine. His current work focuses on real-world projects that enable individuals and communities to change lifestyle behaviors to prevent and control chronic diseases.

Kerry Redican

Kerry J. Redican is a Professor of Health Education and Health Promotion in the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences at Virginia Tech. His education includes a bachelors degree from California State University at Long Beach, M.S. in health education from the UCLA School of Public Health, Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, and MPH in health administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. As a faculty member at Virginia Tech for over two decades, he has been actively involved in development, implementation, and evaluation of health education programs in schools and communities. He is a co-author of four textbooks and has over 60 publications in health journals. Dr. Redican is a Fellow of the American School Health Association and has served on the Board of Directors of the American Association for Health Education and as President of the Virginia Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance.

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