We all aspire to live up to our full potential. Living a fulfilling life requires optimal levels of wellness. We can improve the quality and longevity of our life through our daily actions and the choices we make. Reaching your wellness goals is one of the most important tool to attain personal growth.
Lifelong Wellness: An Applied Approach goes beyond theoretical concepts of wellness. It allows you to recognize how your current lifestyle impacts your overall health, and guides you to take actual steps to create lifelong changes. The most original aspect of this textbook is the ability to apply the tools you learn to your everyday life. As you move along the modules, you will be encouraged to develop new health habits outside the framework of this publication.
The intent of this e-book is to provide you with an interactive and transformational experience that is reinforced throughout the modules. Each module provides exercises that will prompt you to access articles, videos, activities and quizzes with instant feedback. Each module ends with flash cards to review key terms and a quiz.
Module 1 Setting Achievable Wellness Goals
Section 1: Introduction
Section 2: Dimensions of Wellness
Section 3: Behavior Change
Section 4: How to Develop Realistic Goals and Smart Goals
Section 5: Hands on Activities- Labs
Section 6: Module 1 Quiz
Module 2 Nutrition An Applied Approach
Section 2: The Six Food Groups
Section 3: Linking Food and Health
Section 4: Hands on Activities- Labs and Smart Goals
Section 5: Module 2 Quiz
Module 3 Reaching and Maintaining a Health Weight: An Applied Approach
Section 2: Factors that Affect Weight Gain and Loss
Section 3: Field Tests Versus Lab Tests
Section 4: Obesity and Your Health
Section 5: Strategies to Reach a Healthy Body Size
Section 6: Summary
Section 7: Hands on Activities- Labs
Section 8: Smart Goals
Section 9: Module 3 Quiz
Module 4 Physical Fitness: An Applied Approach
Section 2: Components of Fitness
Section 3: Skeletal Muscles
Section 4: Training Principles
Section 5: Create an Individual Exercise Plan
Section 6: Hands on Activites
Section 7: Smart Goals
Section 8: Module 4 Quiz