Dorothy F. West
Published: 2011-05-09
Total Pages: 622
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Nutrition and Wellness for Life stresses the importance of healthful eating and physical activity across the life span. The text explores how decisions affect wellness at various stages of life. Your students will learn the body's need for various nutrients may be greater at some stages of thelife cycle. Nutrition and Wellness for Life includes strategies for staying physically active and for meeting the special needs of the competitive athlete. The nutrition link to social and mental health is explained. Students will learn how to recognize sources of stress and reduce its negativeimpact on total wellness. The text also explains how to handle food safely, plan nourishing meals, and make healthy food choices when eating out. This bundle includes a copy of the Student Text and an Online Text (6-Year Classroom Subscription). Students can instantly access the Online Text with browser-based devices, including iPads, netbooks, PCs, and Mac computers.With G-W Online Textbooks, students easily navigate linked table of contents, search specific topics, quickly jump to specific pages, enlarge for full-screen reading mode, and print selected pages for offline reading.