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Medium: Buch
ISBN: 978-0-07-805103-6
Verlag: Dushkin Publishing
Erscheinungstermin: 31.10.2011
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The Annual Editions series is designed to provide convenient, inexpensive access to a wide range of current articles from some of the most respected magazines, newspapers, and journals published today. Annual Editions are updated on a regular basis through a continuous monitoring of over 300 periodical sources. The articles selected are authored by prominent scholars, researchers, and commentators writing for a general audience. The Annual Editions volumes have a number of common organizational features designed to make them particularly useful in the classroom: a general introduction; an annotated table of contents; a topic guide; an annotated listing of selected World Wide Web sites; and a brief overview for each section. Each volume also offers an online Instructor's Resource Guide with testing materials. Using Annual Editions in the Classroom is a general guide that provides a number of interesting and functional ideas for using Annual Editions readers in the classroom. Visit www.mhhe.com/annualeditions for more details.


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  • Artikelnummer: 9780078051036
  • Medium: Buch
  • ISBN: 978-0-07-805103-6
  • Verlag: Dushkin Publishing
  • Erscheinungstermin: 31.10.2011
  • Sprache(n): Englisch
  • Auflage: 2012/13
  • Serie: Annual Editions: Health
  • Produktform: Kartoniert
  • Gewicht: 318 g
  • Seiten: 176
  • Format (B x H x T): 208 x 269 x 10 mm
  • Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt
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Annual Editions: Health 12/13, Thirty-Third EditionPrefaceSeriesCorrelation GuideTopic GuideInternet ReferencesUnit 1: Promoting Healthy Behavior ChangeUnit Overview1. Crimes of the Heart, Walter C. Willett and Anne Underwood, Newsweek, February 15, 2010Major improvements in public health that were seen in Albert Lea, Minnesota, in 2009 as a result of the city's decision to become involved in the AARP/Blue Zones Vitality Project, which promotes healthy behavior. The town helped to support healthy behavior change by changing the town's environment to include ways that encouraged a healthier lifestyle.2. The Perils of Higher Education, Steven Kotler, Psychology Today, March/April 2005While college is a place to learn and grow, for many students it becomes four years of sleep deprivation, poor nutrition, and excessive use of alcohol. While the negative health behaviors of college students are detrimental to their overall health, there is evidence that engaging in these poor health habits can be devastating to learning and memory.3. Carrots, Sticks, and Health Care Reform—Problems with Wellness Incentives, Harald Schmidt, Kristin Voigt, and Daniel Wikler, New England Journal of Medicine, January 20, 2010Chronic medical conditions, particularly those linked to obesity, are increasing in the United States. Employers have used incentives as well as penalties to support healthier behaviors. The authors support incentives to increase health-supporting behaviors but caution that there can be negative effects as well.Unit 2: Stress and Mental HealthUnit Overview4. The Depressing News about Antidepressants, Sharon Begley, Newsweek.com, February 8, 2010While antidepressant drugs appear to lift depression in most patients, the benefit is not much more than the effects from a placebo when taken unknowingly as part of a research study. Antidepressants also cause a variety of side effects and can cause withdrawal symptoms when discontinued.5. "I Can't Let Anything Go": A Case Study with Psychological Testing of a Patient with Pathologic Hoarding, Janna Koretz and Thomas G. Gutheil, American Journal of Psychotherapy, November 3, 2009Compulsive hoarders are unable to dispose of his or her possessions without severe anxiety. As a result, hoarders often accumulate huge quantities of items, often in such amounts they are unable to move within their homes. The condition, linked to obsessive compulsive disorder, is a challenge to mental health providers.6. Internet Addiction, Greg Beato, Reason, August/September 2010Greg Beato discusses the addiction of Americans to the Internet, which impacts their normally balanced ways of living. He notes the operation of reSTART, a residential treatment center in the United States for individuals who try to get themselves clean from iPhones and other digital devices that negatively affect their lives.Unit 3: Nutritional HealthUnit Overview7. Antioxidants: Fruitful Research and Recommendations, Pamela S. Brummit, Today's Dietitian, September 2008Historically, the health benefits of foods have been explained by vitamins, minerals, fiber, protein, and healthy fats. Research on other bioactive food components, such as phytochemicals, provides yet another aspect to the benefit of eating a variety of plant-based foods. This article reviews the functions of the antioxidants beta carotene, vitamin C, vitamin E, and selenium.