Health and Wellness, Tenth Edition is written in a personal and engaging style with specific tips and aids to help students improve their health habits. This text encourages students to learn the skills they need to enhance the quality and longevity of life. Health and Wellness covers the many perspectives of personal health, including physical, emotional, mental, social, environmental, and spiritual perspectives, with a central theme of self-responsibility for one’s behavior. Part 1 Achieving Wellness Chapter 1 Achieving Personal Health Chapter 2 Mind-Body Communications Maintain Wellness Chapter 3 Managing Stress: Restoring Mind-Body Harmony Chapter 4 Mental Health and Mental Illness Part 2 Eating and Exercising Toward a Healthy Lifestyle Chapter 5 Choosing a Nutritious Diet Chapter 6 Managing a Healthy Weight Chapter 7 Physical Activity for Health and Well-Being Part 3 Building Healthy Relationships Chapter 8 Sexuality and Intimate Relationships Chapter 9 Understanding Pregnancy and Parenthood Chapter 10 Choosing a Fertility Control Method Chapter 11 Protecting against Sexually Transmitted Diseases and AIDS Part 4 Understanding and Preventing Disease Chapter 12 Reducing Infections and Building Immunity: Knowledge Encourages Prevention Chapter 13 Cancer: Understanding Risks and Means of Prevention Chapter 14 Cardiovascular Diseases: Understanding Risks and Measures of Prevention Chapter 15 Heredity