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This compact version of the best-selling healthreference, Access To Health, contains the same trusted andproven coverage of the first edition, yet adds cutting-edge coverageto keep readers in-the-know on the latest developments in the healthand fitness arenas. Retaining the strong humaninteractionist and behavioral approaches of the successful firstedition, this briefer version has a unique flavor of its own with aricher focus on "fitness and wellness"... four-color text featuringprogressive topical coverage of issues ranging from the environmentand death and dying to communication and addictive and healthbehaviors... coverage of the physiological aspects of exercise,cardiorespiratory fitness, muscle strength, body composition, andprevention of cardiovascular disease... an emphasis on the psycho-social dimensions of health... up-to-the-minute data on the personalrisk factors of physiological and psychological addictions... self-assessment and behavior-change strategies for improving andmaintaining health for quality living... suggestions for taking anactive role in improving individual health as well as in cities, theenvironment, and in the world... special highlights on AIDS and othersexually transmitted diseases... helpful tools including a lifestyleinventory, health directory, first aid procedures, and a calorie chart... and coverage of other related health issues. Idealfor health and fitness professionals.