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Book SynopsisLive Well: Comprehensive High School Health helps students understand the importance of developing healthy habits, eating well, and being physically active. They’ll also learn how to maintain emotional, mental, and social health; how to avoid risky behaviors; and how to protect themselves and the environment.
Through the text, students will develop skills like these:
- Identifying reliable sources of health information and becoming savvy consumers
- Strengthening decision making skills as they identify healthy solutions in challenging situations
- Sharpening communication skills as they share health knowledge, engage in advocacy, and manage interpersonal conflicts
- Analyzing the influences of family, peers, media, and technology on their health and wellness
Students will also learn to set goals, establish healthy living plans, advocate for healthy living at home and in their communities, and discern how health and technology inte
Table of ContentsUnit I. Foundations of Living WellChapter 1. Understanding My Health
Lesson 1.1 Exploring Health and Wellness
Lesson 1.2 Developing Skills for Healthy Living
Lesson 1.3 My Immune System
Lesson 1.4 Communicable Diseases
Lesson 1.5 Noncommunicable Diseases
Chapter 2. Personal and Consumer Health
Lesson 2.1 Personal Health Habits
Lesson 2.2 Healthy Vision and Hearing
Lesson 2.3 Healthy Sleep and Rest
Lesson 2.4 Being a Healthy Consumer
Chapter 3. Health Equity and Public Health
Lesson 3.1 Understanding Health Equity
Lesson 3.2 Disability and Inclusion
Lesson 3.3 Public Health
Unit II. Eating Well and Being Physically ActiveChapter 4. Food and Your Health
Lesson 4.1 Understanding Foods and Nutrients
Lesson 4.2 Energy Balance, Hunger, and Appetite
Lesson 4.3 Tips and Tools for Eating Well
Lesson 4.4 The Digestive and Urinary Systems
Lesson 4.5 Making Healthy Nutrition Decisions
Chapter 5. Managing Good Nutrition
Lesson 5.1 Eating Well Across the Lifespan
Lesson 5.2 Food Access and Safety
Lesson 5.3 Maintaining a Healthy Weight
Lesson 5.4 Your Body Image
Lesson 5.5 Your Nutrition Plan
Chapter 6. Staying Active and Healthy
Lesson 6.1 Being Physically Active and Physically Fit
Lesson 6.2 Health-Related and Skill-Related Fitness Components
Lesson 6.3 Preparing for Physical Activity
Lesson 6.4 Fitness Planning
Unit III. Your Emotional, Mental, and Social Well-BeingChapter 7. Emotional Wellness
Lesson 7.1 Your Emotional Health
Lesson 7.2 Building Self-Awareness
Lesson 7.3 Developing Emotional Health and Mental Toughness
Lesson 7.4 Recognizing and Managing Stress
Lesson 7.5 Understanding Grief and Loss
Chapter 8. Mental Health
Lesson 8.1 Understanding and Treating Mental Disorders
Lesson 8.2 Anxiety and Anxiety Disorders
Lesson 8.3 Depression and Mood Disorders
Lesson 8.4 Self-Harm and Suicide
Chapter 9. Relationships and Social Health
Lesson 9.1 Relationships and Communication Skills
Lesson 9.2 Family Relationships
Lesson 9.3 Friendships
Lesson 9.4 Dating Relationships
Unit IV. Destructive and Damaging BehaviorsChapter 10. Violence and Conflict
Lesson 10.1 Understanding Violent Behavior
Lesson 10.2 Anger, Aggression, and Conflict
Lesson 10.3 Bullying and Hazing
Lesson 10.4 Violence, Weapons, and Gangs
Lesson 10.5 Relationships and Violence
Chapter 11. Alcohol
Lesson 11.1 Alcohol Use, Effects, and Consequences
Lesson 11.2 Influences and Alcohol
Lesson 11.3 Treating Alcohol Use Disorders
Chapter 12. Tobacco and E-Cigarettes
Lesson 12.1 Tobacco Products and Vaping
Lesson 12.2 Regulations and Influences on Tobacco Product Use
Lesson 12.3 Avoiding and Quitting Tobacco Product Use
Chapter 13. Legal and Illicit Drugs
Lesson 13.1 Over-the-Counter and Prescription Drugs
Lesson 13.2 Illicit Drugs
Lesson 13.3 Influences on the Use of Drugs
Lesson 13.4 Prevention, Treatment, and Being Drug-Free
Unit V. Protecting Yourself and the EnvironmentChapter 14. Injury Prevention, Safety, and First Aid
Lesson 14.1 Injury Prevention and Safety at Home
Lesson 14.2 Safety in the Community
Lesson 14.3 Safety Online
Lesson 14.4 First Aid and Emergency Procedures
Chapter 15. Environmental Health
Lesson 15.1 Air, Water, and Noise Pollution
Lesson 15.2 Chemicals, the Environment, and Your Health
Lesson 15.3 Conservation and Living Green
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