This text uses evidence-based information and critical thinking activities to teach students healthy living through analysis of their health behavior. Topics include psychological health, reproductive health, alcohol and tobacco, nutrition, weight and its management, cardiovascular health, cancer, infection and noninfectious disease, aging and death, and environmental health. Along with new authors, this edition has new and updated data, including current information on violence and abuse, relationships and sexuality, physical fitness, healthcare costs, stress, mental illness, same-sex marriage, eating disorders, drug use and abuse, and the legalization of marijuana; an expanded section on sexual assaults on college campuses; updated and new material on workplace violence, including military violence; and new information on suicide and its prevention. It also has other changes in each chapter. Annotation ©2015 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)