1 Understanding Fitness and Wellness 2 General Principles of Exercise for Health and Fitness 3 Cardiorespiratory Endurance: Assessment and Prescription 4 Improving Muscular Strength and Endurance 5 Improving Flexibility 6 Body Composition 7 Creating Your Total Fitness and Wellness Plan 8 Nutrition for Health and Fitness 9 Achieving and Maintaining a Healthy Body Weight 10 Preventing Cardiovascular Disease 11 Stress Management 12 Special Considerations Related to Exercise and Injury Prevention 13 Cancer 14 Sexually Transmitted Infections 15 Addiction and Substance Abuse The Powers/Dodd,  Total Fitness & Wellness, Brief, 6th Edition, includes eleven total chapters consisting of Chapters 1—11 of the full Total Fitness & Wellness, 8th Edition, (0134988434 / 9780134988436).

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Integration of fitness assessment lab material throughout the book aligns the assessments with the topics they are relevant to. Coaching Corner gives students practical fitness and wellness advice and strategies to help them put their changes into action.   Cover current research and labs that interest students Auto-graded, assignable labs address current trends such as social networking, time management (Chapter 11), and substance abuse addiction (Chapter 15), and allow students to apply textual information to practical issues, encouraging the immediate development of healthy lifestyle choices and a core fitness plan. Current research and statistics include objectives from Healthy People 2020 and myplate.gov. Coverage includes current topics of student interest such as eating disorders, stress-management strategies, barefoot running, Pilates, diabetes and pre-diabetes, ergogenic dietary supplements, at-home fitness equipment, antioxidants, and emotional health. 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With a variety of activities available, students can actively learn, understand, and retain even the most difficult personal health and fitness concepts. Learn more about Mastering Health. Reach every student with Mastering Teach your course your way: Your course is unique. So whether you’d like to build your own auto-graded assignments, foster student engagement during class, or give students anytime, anywhere access, Mastering gives you the flexibility to easily create your course to fit your needs. Updated - Pearson eText is a simple-to-use, mobile-optimized, personalized reading experience available within Mastering. It allows students to easily highlight, take notes, and review key vocabulary all in one place–even when offline. Seamlessly integrated videos and other rich media engage students and give them access to the help they need, when they need it. Educators can easily share their own notes with students so they see the connection between their eText and what they learn in class. Empower each learner: Each student learns at a different pace. Personalized learning, including adaptive tools and wrong-answer feedback, pinpoints the precise areas where each student needs practice and gives all students the support they need – when and where they need it – to be successful. 10 Interactive Behavior Change Activities–Which Path Would You Take? allow students to explore various health choices through an engaging, interactive, low-stakes, and anonymous experience. These activities show students the possible consequences of various choices they make today on their future health; these activities are linked out to Mastering from the book and made assignable in Mastering with follow-up questions. Behavior Change Videos guide your students through the best tips and practices to put better decision making into action and review basic fitness concepts. These concise whiteboard-style videos help students with the steps of behavior change, covering topics such as setting SMART goals, identifying and overcoming barriers to change, planning realistic timelines, and more. Additional videos review key fitness concepts such as determining target heart rate range for exercise. All videos include assessment activities and are assignable in Mastering Health. Updated - Health Tough Topics Coaching Activities Health guide your students through key health and fitness concepts with interactive mini-lessons that provide hints and wrong-answer feedback. Updated - 30 ABC News Videos help your students see how health relates to the real world and spark discussion with up-to-date hot topics in the field. Updated - NutriTools Coaching Activities in the nutrition chapter allow students to combine and experiment with different food options and learn firsthand how to build healthier meals. Auto-graded, assignable labs address current trends such as social networking, time management (Chapter 11), and substance abuse addiction (Chapter 15), and allow students to apply textual information to practical issues, encouraging the immediate development of healthy lifestyle choices and a core fitness plan. Deliver trusted content: We partner with highly respected authors to develop interactive content and course-specific resources that keep students on track and engaged. New - MyDietAnalysis is included with Mastering Health at no additional charge, and offers an up-to-date, accurate, reliable, and easy-to-use program for your students to track and analyze their physical activity and daily nutrient intake. 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Engage students with interactive tools MyDietAnalysis is now included in Mastering Health at no extra charge. Students are now directed to MyDietAnalysis for diet and activity tracking in the text.MyDietAnalysis is the diet and activity tracking tool powered by ESHA Research and gives students an easy way to analyze their physical activity and daily nutrient intake. MyDietAnalysis is accessible on all devices, so students can log their activities after completing their labs in the gym.   Encourage behavior change for better health Expanded coverage of non-traditional workouts and modifications for special populations ensure all students and fitness levels are included.   Also available as a Pearson eText of packaged with Mastering Health Updated - Pearson eText is a simple-to-use, mobile-optimized, personalized reading experience available within Mastering. It allows students to easily highlight, take notes, and review key vocabulary all in one place—even when offline. Seamlessly integrated videos and other rich media engage students and give them access to the help they need, when they need it. Educators can easily share their own notes with students so they see the connection between their eText and what they learn in class. Updated - Health Tough Topics Coaching Activities Health guide your students through key health and fitness concepts with interactive mini-lessons that provide hints and wrong-answer feedback. Updated - 30 ABC News Videos help your students see how health relates to the real world and spark discussion with up-to-date hot topics in the field. Updated - NutriTools Coaching Activities in the nutrition chapter allow students to combine and experiment with different food options and learn firsthand how to build healthier meals. MyDietAnalysis is included with Mastering Health at no additional charge, and offers an up-to-date, accurate, reliable, and easy-to-use program for your students to track and analyze their physical activity and daily nutrient intake. Students can track their diet and activity intake accurately—even from the gym—from any device! Updated - Prebuilt Assignments with 20 Pre-lecture Reading Questions per chapter ensure that students come prepared for lecture by answering multiple-choice questions related to content within the text. Updated - Study Plans tie all end-of-chapter material (including chapter review, pop quiz, and Think About It questions) to specific numbered Learning Outcomes and Mastering assets. Assignable study plan items contain at least one multiple-choice question per Learning Outcome and wrong-answer feedback.