Author Description

"Essential Health is a new, up-to-date high school textbook program addressing the adolescent health and wellness issues most important to today's students. Organized into eight units on key topics such as nutrition, fitness, social health, and avoiding hazardous substances, Essential Health provides current, reliable content supported by classroom-tested activities that develop students' health and wellness skills as identified by the national standards. Students will enjoy reading the text--teachers will enjoy choosing from the many activity options in each lesson. The program also includes assessments, videos to kick off each unit, Power-Point lectures, lesson plans, and much, much more."--Back cover