Invitation to Health (with InfoTrac and Health, Fitness, and Wellness Internet Explorer) [Paperback]

Dianne Hales (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 25, 2002 | ISBN-10: 0534583024 | ISBN-13: 978-0534583026 | Edition: 10

AN INVITATION TO HEALTH, 10th Edition introduces students to research, information, and recommendations related to health and healthy lifestyles. Reviewed by over 80 instructors, this informative text focuses on change and prevention and supplies students with the lessons they'll need to make responsible healthy decisions in their daily lives.

Editorial Reviews

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1. Your Invitation to Healthy Change. 2. Psychological and Spiritual Well-being. 3. Personal Stress Management. 4. The Joy of Fitness. 5. Personal Nutrition. 6. Managing Your Weight. 7. Social and Sexual Health. 8. Reproductive Choices. 9. Preventing Major Diseases. 10. Lowering Your Risk of STIs and Other Infections. 11. Avoiding Addictions. 12. Alcohol and Tobacco Use, Misuse, and Abuse. 13. Protecting Yourself, Your Rights, and Your Health. 14. Creating a Healthier Environment. 15. A Lifetime of Health.

About the Author

Dianne Hales is a successful health, fitness, and wellness author of several higher-education textbooks, including AN INVITATION TO HEALTH, 10th Edition; AN INVITATION TO HEALTH: BRIEF, Second Edition; and AN INVITATION TO FITNESS AND WELLNESS, First Edition, all with Thomson/Wadsworth. Dianne is also an accomplished journalist and trade author, having written JUST LIKE A WOMAN (Bantam, 2000), as well as CARING FOR THE MIND (Bantam, 1996), and THE MIND MOOD PILL BOOK (Bantam, 2001). She is also a contributing author to PARADE Magazine and LADIES HOME JOURNAL. Her success is due in large part to her extensive research into the latest developments in health, fitness, and wellness. Her engaging writing style, vivid examples, and creative pedagogy are highly effective in capturing and keeping students' interest. In her role as a journalist, Dianne interviews leading health, fitness and wellness researchers/experts and incorporates their insights into her textbooks. Dianne Hales is one of the few journalists to be honored with national awards for excellence in writing by both the American Psychiatric Association and the American Psychological Association. Her writing awards include an EMMA (Exceptional Media Merit Award) for health reporting from the National Women's Political Caucus and Radcliffe College.

Product Details

• Paperback: 736 pages
• Publisher: Brooks Cole; 10 edition (March 25, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0534583024
• ISBN-13: 978-0534583026
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,789,765 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Dianne Hales is a widely published, award-winning freelance journalist. She has served as a contributing editor for Parade, Ladies Home Journal, Working Mother and American Health and has written for many national publications, including Family Circle, Good Housekeeping, New York Times, Readers' Digest, Washington Post, Woman's Day, and World Book. In addition to more than a dozen trade books, she is the author of the best-selling college health textbook, An Invitation to Health, and coauthor of An Invitation to Personal Change.

Dianne never expected to fall madly, gladly, giddily in love with Italian, the world's most enchanting language. But fall she did, and her latest book, LA BELLA LINGUA, tells both the dramatic story of Italian and her adventures over more than twenty years of studying and speaking the language.

Dianne ilives in northern California with her husband Robert E. Hales, M.D., and daughter Julia--who were surprised and delighted to discover that their wife and mother was becoming Italian.

Customer Reviews

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars OK Textbook, November 2, 2007

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R. D. Lakhia "Lucky 99" (San Jose, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: An Invitation to Health (12th Edition) (Paperback)

Considering this was a textbook for me, and probably will be for most buyers, I did not find it of the high standards most textbooks are. I have found some errors in it too. More than once there is "see page *** " in the book. Did the editors of the book not go over this book enough times to have these errors?
But on the good side, the book is also a good compilation of information. Too much information. But for college students that might be a plus. It makes 18 and 19 year olds aware of a lot of health issues, from drugs, alcohol, contraception, etc. etc. the list goes on. In each of the chapteres, dealing with these topics there is a special section geared for college kids. There are also statistics for college kids, and on campus serveys.
So overall, I will give this book 3 and half stars. The author is dealing with a lot of material, and she does a good job of presenting it. Its not her fault that this is a very vast subject, and in order to fit it in some book she has to pack a lot of facts in every sentence. (Translated as Dry).

5.0 out of 5 stars college book for health class, August 21, 2011

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Cat Lady (Wytheville, VA USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: An Invitation to Health, Brief Edition (with Profile Plus 2006, and Health Almanac, Health, Fitness, and Wellness Internet Trifold, and InfoTrac ) (Paperback)

I ordered this text book for my son for his college classes. He found the text book to be very useful.

5.0 out of 5 stars very well written, February 5, 2011

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Marty Connors - See all my reviews

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This review is from: An Invitation to Health, Brief Edition (Paperback)

this is one of the most comprehensive health books I have ever read. It is a easy read and comes with lots of other resources. for additional information.