An Invitation to Health Brief

Lisa Tunks (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

576 Seiten

2026 | 14th edition
Brooks/Cole (Verlag)
979-8-214-44888-6 (ISBN)

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Achieve a healthier lifestyle with Tunks' "An Invitation to Health Brief." This edition covers topics such as sleep, the USDA guidelines for healthful eating, trends on social media, medical marijuana, safer sex practices and tools to identify unhealthy trends in health and fitness. Connect real-life challenges -- like stress, social media and staying healthy on a budget -- to simple, actionable strategies. Its content, topics and learning features make it relevant and empowering. You’ll get access to MindTap, a digital platform that makes learning about health more interactive and personal. The Diet and Wellness Plus tool tracks your meals, physical activity and healthy habits. Explore over 100,000 foods, from global dishes to popular brand-name items, and see how much added sugar you’re consuming. It’s a hands-on way to connect what you’re learning to your everyday life.

Dr. Lisa Tunks is a specialist in Health and Wellness Curriculum Design, collaborating with educators and editors to develop student-centered, adaptable curricula for today’s dynamic learning environments. With a strong background in both classroom instruction and academic leadership, she has played a key role in advancing teaching excellence and accreditation practices, serving as both a professor and Academic Dean at Broward College. After over two decades of professional teaching in Florida, Dr. Tunks relocated to South Carolina where she focuses her professional energy teaching health-related courses at Coastal Carolina University. Dr. Tunks holds a Masters in Exercise and Sport Science as well as a Doctorate in Higher Education from the University of Florida.

1. Taking Charge of Your Health.
2. Consumer Health: Making Informed Choices.
3. Emotional and Spiritual Well-Being.
4. Stress Management.
5. Personal Nutrition.
6. Body Composition and Weight Management.
7. Physical Fitness and Activity.
8. Communicating and Connecting.
9. Sexual Health.
10. Safer Sex and Contraception Options.
11. Diseases and Disorders.
12. Addictive Behaviors and Drugs.
13. Alcohol and Tobacco.
14. A Healthier Environment.
15. A Lifetime of Health.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	27.2.2026
Verlagsort	CA
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie
Themenwelt	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Prävention / Gesundheitsförderung
ISBN-13	979-8-214-44888-6 / 9798214448886
Zustand	Neuware