Health: The Basics

by Rebecca J. Donatelle

The Eighth Edition of Donatelle’s text provides students with the tools they need to make healthy, lifelong behavior changes and become savvy consumers of health information. This current and user-friendly text holds students’ interest by covering health topics of primary concern to them. Promoting Healthy Behavior Change; Psychosocial Being Mentally, Emotionally, Socially, and Spiritually Well; Managing Coping with Life's Challenges; Violence and Creating Healthy Environments; Healthy Relationships and Making Commitments; Birth Control, Pregnancy, and Managing Your Fertility; Licit and Illicit Use, Misuse, and Abuse; Alcohol, Tobacco, and Daily Pleasure, Daily Challenges; Eating for Optimum Health; Managing Your Finding a Healthy Balance; Personal Improving Health through Exercise; Cardiovascular Reducing Your Risk; Reducing Your Risk; Infectious and Noninfectious Risks and Responsibilities; Life's The Aging Process; Environmental Thinking Globally, Acting Locally; Selecting Health Care Products and Services; Complementary and Alternative New Choices and Responsibilities for Healthwise Consumers For all readers interested in making healthy,lifelong behavior changes. .

Genres: Health, Textbooks, School, Nonfiction

480 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 1993

Reviews

[Fritters · Rating 1 out of 5]

If I could give this zero stars, I would. This is my textbook for my health class. First, it does have some very up-to-date-information on health, including Dr. Seligman's research on happiness, which I'm on the mailing list for. On the downside, the obvious pro-environment, anti-religion, liberal bent makes it such an obvious programming tool that even when the information is probably accurate and unbiased you can't believe it anyways, because you know they have a tendency to twist everything. The worst part is the writing, though. It comes across almost as a mission statement at times, using worlds like endeavor just to bog things down and sound intelligent. Completely unreadable. Sadly, I'm required to.

[Natalie Pond · Rating 2 out of 5]

It was too basic and surface-level for my tastes. I've taken many life science courses, so that may have been why. It would be good for an introductory text, but I was looking for more.

[Dmitry · Rating 2 out of 5]

(The English review is placed beneath the Russian one)

Суть того, о чём пишет автор этой книги, очень точно описывает само название книги – «The Basics». Т.е. автор знакомит читателя с темой здорового образа жизни, который до этого момента, совершенно ничего не знает об этом. Другими словами, эта книга даёт только самые базовые знания по абсолютно всем вопросам, которые могут быть хоть как-то связаны со здоровьем человека. Я хочу подчеркнуть суть всей книги – это базис, автор пишет только самые основные вещи, связанные с практикой ведения здорового образа жизни.

Честно сказать, мне было скучно читать книгу. Да, всё или почти все, что пишет автор, я разделяю. Но давайте представим, неужели кто-то считает, что курение, чрезмерное употребление алкогольных напитков, недостаток сна, неподвижный образ жизни (мала физическая активность), незащищённый секс и пр., является для кого-то, кто старше 16-17 лет, чем-то неизвестным, новым? Не думаю. Мне кажется, такая книга нужна не студентам, а школьникам 14-15 лет. Беда лишь в том, что эта книга хоть и написана просто и понятно, но она просто огромнейшая. Я не знаю, читают ли сегодняшние школьники такие здоровенные фолианты? Если читают, то эту книгу можно спокойно ставить на полку в семейной библиотеке. А ещё лучше, поставить книгу на какое-нибудь видное место, ибо она будет чрезвычайно интересной для детей/подростков (текст очень лёгкий для понимания), но вряд ли для взрослых или студентов. Плюс, в книге много различных фотографий, иллюстраций, графиков, а текст пестрит всеми цветами радуги. Кстати, это одна из причин, почему я люблю американские учебники - их всегда приятно читать.

Ну и, разумеется, те, кто много читает о здоровом образе жизни, в этой книге ничего нового для себя не найдут. Да, автор довольно подробно описывает влияние наркотиков, алкоголя, табака и пр. на тело человека, но многим ли это будет интересно, т.е. интересны такие детали? Как мне кажется, многим людям достаточно того, к каким последствиям эти вредные привычки могут привести. Хотя, чрезмерно любознательным читателям, такая информация может и понравится.

The essence of what the author of this book writes about very accurately describes the very title of the book - "The Basics," that is, the author introduces the reader to the subject of healthy living, who, up to this point, knows absolutely nothing about it. In other words, this book gives only the most basic knowledge on absolutely everything that can be in any way related to human health. I want to emphasize the point of the entire book--it is basic; the author writes only the most basic things related to the practice of living a healthy lifestyle.

To be honest, I was bored reading the book. Yes, everything or almost everything the author writes, I agree with. But let's imagine, does anyone think that smoking, excessive consumption of alcoholic beverages, lack of sleep, sedentary lifestyle (little physical activity), unprotected sex, etc., is something unknown, new to someone over the age of 16-17? I don't think so. I don't think a book like this is necessary for students, but for 14-15-year-olds. The only trouble is that even though this book is written simply and clearly, it's huge. I don't know if today's schoolchildren read such huge folios. If they do, this book can be safely placed on a shelf in the family library. Better yet, put the book in some prominent place because it will be highly interesting for children/teenagers (the text is very easy to understand), but not for adults or students. Plus, the book has lots of different pictures, illustrations, and graphs, and the text is colored with all the colors of the rainbow. By the way, this is one of the reasons why I love American textbooks - they are always a pleasure to read.

And, of course, those who read a lot about healthy lifestyles will not find anything new in this book. Of course, the author describes the effects of drugs, alcohol, tobacco, etc., on the human body (in great detail), but will many people find this interesting, i.e., interested in such details? It seems to me that, for many people, it is enough what consequences these bad habits can lead to. Although, overly inquisitive readers may like such information.

[Lila Babb · Rating 4 out of 5]

Okay for a textbook.

Anyone that is taking HPER 276 at WWCC. Required textbook for the class, gives the most information for the test and quizzes.

[Aquila · Rating 3 out of 5]

There's a really strong push for mindfulness in every single chapter of this book. Not exactly what I was expecting from my Health Class text.

[Amber · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great textbook! I would've given it 5 stars except for it doesn't cover autoimmune diseases at all.

[Jason · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not a bad textbook, per se; however, is there really a need to give equal space to "alternative" medicine as to science-based medicine? It'd be fine if it contained cautions against the quackier practices, like homeopathy, but the authors seem hesitant to make any value judgments. But content *is* a value judgment, when you give the same amount of page space to qi gong as you do to describing what a nurse practitioner is.

[Aja · Rating 2 out of 5]

Unfortunately for it being so cheap (for students needing to purchase books for class), it was not the best option for Healthful Living by a long shot. I will not use this book for that class in the future.

[Steph]

Course: SCI/162
Prof: Robert Williams

[Marci Platt · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good,as far as textbooks go.

[Sara · Rating 5 out of 5]

one of the BEST textbooks! Full of knowledge and entreating at the same time.

[Irena · Rating 2 out of 5]

The Chernobyl incident didn't occur in "Russia"... The text kind of lost a lot of credibility when I read that

[Darshan Patel]

this is good way to read book thanks to help every student who have not a enough money

[Maria Harper · Rating 5 out of 5]

ddd

[Gustavo Lin]

still reading it

[Indya]

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