Test Bank For Fitness and Wellness in Canada 1st Edition by Atkinson
- 1. Staying Healthy and Well Throughout Life
- Staying Healthy Through the Life Span
- New Perspectives on Wellness
- Components of Wellness
- What Are Functional Movement and Wellness?
- Summary
- 2. Functional Fitness and Movement Choices
- Understanding Physical Activity Recommendations
- Integrating Sedentarism, Physical Activity, and Exercise
- Fitting Movement Into Everyday Life
- Summary
- 3. Successfully Managing Healthy Behaviour Change
- Are You Ready to Change?
- Personalizing the Behaviour Change Process
- Goal Setting Revisited
- Safety First: Getting Started With a Personal Movement Program
- Summary
- 4. Cardiorespiratory Fitness
- Your Energy Needs: Supply and Demand
- Evaluating Your Cardiorespiratory Function
- Cardiorespiratory Fitness Benefits You
- Your Plan to Improve Cardiorespiratory Fitness
- Safety First: Getting Started With Cardiorespiratory Fitness
- Summary
- 5. Muscular Fitness
- Your Body Was Designed to Move
- Key Definitions
- Assessing Muscle Capacity
- Muscular Fitness Benefits Your Daily Life
- Designing Your Program for Muscular Fitness
- Analyzing Your Fitness Choices
- Safety Issues
- Summary
- 6. Flexibility, Neuromotor Fitness, and Posture
- All About Flexibility
- Mind the Stretch Reflex!
- Neuromotor Exercise and Functional Fitness
- Physiological Teamwork for Flexibility and Neuromotor Fitness
- Preventing Low Back Pain
- Summary
- Special Insert: Functional Movement Training
- Calves
- Quads
- Hams and Glutes
- Abdominals
- Lower Back
- Hip Abductors
- Hip Adductors
- Chest and Front of Shoulder
- Upper Back and Shoulders
- Lats and Middle Back
- Front of Upper Arm
- Back of Upper Arm
- 7. Body Composition
- Body Composition Basics
- Assessing Body Composition
- Weight Status, Body Composition, and Your Risk of Chronic Disease
- A Healthy Body Composition Benefits You—Today and in the Future!
- Your Program for Managing Body Composition
- Summary
- 8. Fundamentals of Healthy Eating
- Eating Well: Balanced and Clean
- The Many Benefits of a Healthy Diet
- Nutrition Recommendations and Resources
- Summary
- 9. Weight Management
- Weight Management: One of Our Greatest Modern Health Challenges
- Energy Balance Math
- Weight Management Strategies
- Daily Movement Is Essential for Weight Management
- Psychological Concerns Regarding Weight Management
- When Professional Help Is Needed
- Summary
- 10. Stress Management
- The Contemporary Stress Experience
- Common Stressors and Hassles of University and College Life
- Key Stress-Management Strategies
- Social, Stressed, and Sleepless
- Summary
- 11. Remaining Free From Addiction
- Types of Addictions
- What Is Substance Abuse and Addiction?
- Psychoactive Drugs
- Alcohol
- Tobacco
- Summary
- 12. Sexuality and Health
- Sexuality as a Dimension of Health
- Reproductive System
- Contraception and Birth Control Methods
- Sexually Transmitted Infections
- Reducing the Risks
- Sexual Assault
- Summary
- 13. Reducing the Risks for Metabolic Syndrome
- Are You at Risk for Metabolic Syndrome?
- Evaluating Your Risk for Diabetes Mellitus
- Cardiovascular Disease: Our Number One Killer
- Prevention of CVD Starts Early in Life
- Summary
- 14. Reducing the Risks for Cancer
- The Nature of Cancer
- Who Gets Cancer?
- Detection, Staging, and Treatment of Cancer
- Causes of Cancer
- Most Commonly Diagnosed Cancers
- Summary
- 15. Fitness and Wellness: Today and Beyond
- Living Well Over the Life Span
- Differences Between Physiological and Chronological Age
- Approaches to Medicine
- Finding Resources to Enhance Your Fitness and Wellness
- Specific Wellness Concepts and SMART Goals Revisited
- Our Health in the Future
- Fitness and Wellness in Canada
- Glossary
- References
- Index
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