Book Description
The most reliable and widely used personal health text, Core Concepts in Health utilizes the theme of personal responsibility to teach and motivate students about health and wellness.
Customer Reviews:
Tons of info.......2007-09-13
Great book for health teachers! Tons of info that can be used in the classroom. A little too much information for your elementary school teacher (like in my case), but unfortunately this is the book my professor chose.
Waste of time and money.......2005-08-04
It's a textbook, which means that the price is inflated atrociously high. This text is meant for introductory courses and for that purpose it is tolerable. Nevertheless, it is long-winded, dull and poorly written. Also, because it is meant to be used for an introductory overview course, most of the material will most likely be used during lectures. The truth is, this book was the "required reading" for a course I took. Our Professor was most likely required to assign a textbook and she picked this one, and never assigned us to read any of it. I read parts before exams in order to try to fill in any gaps from our lectures, but this book is a waste of time and money if not necessary for carrying out assignments.
Book Description
This concise and current introduction to health topics and issues offers students scientifically based, accurate information about health and wellness. An affordable alternative to larger health texts, Core Concepts in Health, Brief Tenth Edition includes a built-in study guide, enabling students to test their knowledge of health-related issues and assess their level of wellness.
Customer Reviews:
Core Concepts In Health Brief is wonderful.......2006-11-06
I saved close to 50% by purchasing this from here! I absolutely needed it for my health class and it was in perfect condition!
Book Description
This proven text provides a concise introduction to health topics, bringing students current information about health and wellness topics. An affordable alternative to larger health texts, it includes a built-in study guide. For the 2004 Update, the overall content, organization, and features of the ninth edition remain in place, but key topics and issues have been updated with the most recent information available.
Customer Reviews:
Good Experience.......2007-03-09
The merchandise arrived in a timely manner and the overall experience was excellent.
Book Description
The most reliable and widely used personal health text, Core Concepts in Health utilizes the theme of personal responsibility to teach and motivate students about health and wellness. For the 2004 Update, the overall content, organization, and features of the ninth edition remain in place, but within this framework, key topics and issues have been updated with the most recent information available.
Book Description
Fit and Well offers an outstanding text and teaching package designed to help students incorporate fitness and wellness into their daily lives. It provides accurate, up-to-date coverage of the components of health-related fitness, as well as coverage of nutrition, stress, substance abuse, chronic diseases, and injury prevention, while also giving students the practical tools they need to take charge of their wellness-related behaviors and adopt a healthier lifestyle.
Customer Reviews:
Great Book.......2007-06-22
I'm a Sports Science major with a concentration in Physical Therapy and this book was used for a undergrad Lifetime physical fitness class. Man, a lot of books lack key information needed in this field but this book is right on. The chapters are well put together in a great order. No skipping around chapters. It's a great beginners good. two thumbs up!
Everything you were afraid to ask about health.......2004-05-20
This is a solid book for teaching you the basics of leading a healthy life. For people not well educated on basic wellness ideas, this can be a godsend: it will guide you through many topics that are considered common knowledge but, unfortunately, probably aren't as well-known and properly understood as they should be.
Topics covered here include:
- basic methods to studying and eliminating unhealthy habits
- stress sources and management
- strength exercises, including photos and descriptions of many common ones: good for an exercise novice who'd like to avoid the embarrassment of looking totally confused at the gym (though there's no substitute to a trainer who knows what he's doing)
- healthy eating habits, and detailed analysis of carbs, fats, and other things food is made up of
- coverage of diseases, including STDs and other chronic illnesses
This book is great for independent study, which was the method I used it. Augmenting it with help from a teacher could highlight other areas the book doesn't go quite as in-depth into; in my class's studies, many web sites had to be visited, which added some good knowledge outside the book's scope. Also, each chapter seems to be a little long; splitting some chapters up into shorter sections would have made me feel like I was moving through the book quicker.
However, this is a quality-written book from McGraw Hill. It could be good for anyone, young or old, who doesn't know much but wants to learn how to live a healthy life. If you're looking to get into shape for the summer, but have never paid attention to your health habits before, this book can actually be quite a good starting point: it can help point out how certain foods will affect your body, and give you a quick overview of many common, effective, good exercises. Very recommended for either class or independent study.
Book Description
Fit & Well features accurate, up-to-date coverage of the key components of health-related fitness and provides tools for taking charge of wellness-related behaviors. Focusing on behavioral change, it covers key topics including the Healthy People 2010 objectives, cholesterol testing and treatment, and stress and immunity.
Thomas Fahey, Ph.D., is a professor at California State University.
Paul Insel, Ph.D., and
Walton T. Roth,M.D., are professors at the Stanford University School of Medicine.
Book Description
Fit and Well, Brief offers an outstanding text and teaching package designed to help students incorporate fitness and wellness into their daily lives. It provides accurate, up-to-date coverage of the components of health-related fitness, as well as coverage of nutrition. It also gives students the practical tools they need to take charge of their wellness-related behaviors and adopt a healthier lifestyle.
Customer Reviews:
Too brief..........2005-09-26
I didn't have that high of expectations for a health book after the ones I had in middle and high school. However, this one proved to actually be worse than the ones from my public education.
The book doesn't go into much detail except in the chapters that show different physical exercises. Now I understand as well as any American student that being fit is a key component of health class, but there are other things that need to be taught, especially to college freshmen (the group who is most likely to use this book). They need to talk about things like abstaining from alcohol, drugs, and sex since the education they get in high school isn't enough. They also need to talk about good decision making, which is essential for college.
The physical exercises are the normal ones you'd find in any gym class and aren't anything revolutionary. Some of the labs seem a bit bogus in my opinion (in particular the sit and reach test since it isn't fair for people with short arms). The included CD, called HealthQuest, isn't bad, but is basically an electronic way to calculate everything in the book. There is some emphasis on dieting, which I also feel isn't the best topic for a health book since, like exercise, it varies from person to person. A football player obviously needs more in his system than a 4'11" girl who doesn't play sports.
The pages are designed to rip out of the book but they don't rip out well. The edge usually looks like a dog just took a bite out of it.
The CD and the journal give this text the one star I awarded it. Because your professor will likely make you rip out the pages these books have no value used.
Book Description
Fit and Well: Alternate Edition offers an outstanding text and teaching package designed to help students incorporate fitness and wellness into their daily lives. It provides accurate, up-to-date coverage of the components of health-related fitness, as well as coverage of nutrition, stress, cardiovascular health, and injury prevention. It also gives students the practical tools they need to take charge of their wellness-related behaviors and adopt a healthier lifestyle.
Customer Reviews:
Quik, reliable service.......2006-02-23
I ordered this book for my daughter who needed for a college course. It was shipped promptly and was in good condition.
Book Description
Fit and Well Brief offers an outstanding text and teaching package designed to help students incorporate fitness and wellness into their daily lives. It provides accurate, up-to-date coverage of the components of health-related fitness, as well as coverage of nutrition. It also gives students the practical tools they need to take charge of their wellness-related behaviors and adopt a healthier lifestyle.
Book Description
For generations, steaming has been recognized as a traditional method of cooking, but only recently has it been fully appreciated as a very healthy way to cook food. The 100 delicious recipes in
Steam Cuisine use steamers that are available in cookware stores everywhere.
Steaming is the perfect method for today's fast-paced kitchens. An entire meal can be combined in a steamer and timed effortlessly so that everything is ready at the same time. Steaming requires no additional fat and maintains high levels of nutrients in foods. Using the freshest of ingredients, the combinations are endless and the results irresistible. Opening with an introduction to the range of steamers available plus tips and step-by-step instructions, the recipes run a wide range of international cuisines and tastes.
The Seafood, Meat and Poultry sections include:
salmon and wild mushroom kebobs, marinated in lime, oil, garlic and herbs
sole and turbot with garlic-lime Hollandaise
spicy garlic shrimp with chiles and mixed vegetables
lamb with bacon and pepper sauce on a bed of spinach
jambalaya
chicken couscous
Vegetables feature largely in creative recipes, such as:
garbanzo bean and bulgur pot with root vegetables, seasoned with tomato, garlic and herbs
polenta pie with mixed marinated vegetables
spicy vegetables served with hot tortillas
And, long a classic outcome of steaming, there are many scrumptious desserts:
exotic fruit purée with cream on waffles
stuffed apples served with apricot sauce
hot chocolate pudding
Efficient, easy, healthy and very tasty, steaming is perfect for today's busy, health-conscious cook. Whether using a bamboo steamer, colander or modern electric steamer,
Steam Cuisine is the perfect introduction.
Customer Reviews:
Do not buy.......2006-12-01
Don't waste your time with this book. This book does not cover electric steamers. It doesn't even mention how to adapt the recipes to an electric steamer. Some recipes are a bit difficult to understand because it is poorly written. The pictures are great - that is the only thing good about this book.
Not so exciting.......2002-10-05
if you are looking for helpful tips and everyday recipes. I was a little bit disappointed. Instead of full page pictures I would like to have found about spicing up steamed food generally. It will get a good place in my cookbook library but I doubt that I will use it much
steam cuisine.......2000-05-07
Here are imaginative recipes that can be prepared with a minimum of fuss. Steaming is a quick way to prepare foods healthfully. I particularly like her fettucini primavera, where she boils the noodles in the bottom of the steamer while steaming the vegetables on top! I'm looking forward to trying the garlic chicken with cucumber and grapes as well. Not only are there many tempting recipes to try [also put together as suggested menus with timing], the book also teaches one how to use the technique more creatively than I thought was possible.
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Here are the very best of steamed dishes from China, Japan and South-east Asia, such as steamed buns, steamed flower rolls and steamboat pots, as well as innovative and tasty vegetable, meat and vegetarian dishes.
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Steaming is one of the healthiest, simplest, and most versatile cooking methods: not only does it retain the nutritional qualities of ingredients more than any other technique, it doesn't require any fat. So whether the aim is a better diet or simply the tastiest food possible, steaming is the perfect option. Using any kind of steamer from a stovetop metal steamer or a wok to just a pan of water and rack, the possibilities are endless: delicious dim sum, couscous, spicy meat dishes, perfect rice, mouth-watering fish dishes, and desserts. These 110 tried-and-tested, easy-to-follow recipes from around the globe will please many a palate. Recipes are included from China and Southeast Asia, offering such delights as Prawn and Pork Won Ton, Scallop and Coriander Dim Sum, and Duck Rolls with Spring Onion. There's also inspiration from the Middle East and North Africa, with the likes of Whole Quail with a Pomegranate Marinade and Seven Vegetable Couscous. Paper envelope steam-baked recipes from the Mediterranean include Mussels, Monkfish, and Clams in a Saffron Broth and Lemony Chicken Parcels with Garlic, Chard, and Chili.
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