Working Toward Wellness: A Practical Workbook
Edition: 1
Copyright: 2019
Pages: 146
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Wellness is a comprehensive term used to describe the influence of multiple aspects which contribute to one’s overall well-being including the physical, mental, social, occupational etc. Also, other areas, Such as nutritional, spiritual, financial, and emotional components, also impact our ability to develop a holistic wellness.
Working Toward Wellness: A Practical Workbook provides students with assessments and activities to determine their current and enhance each respective area. Each laboratory exercise stems from current evidence and is designed to require limited equipment. Activities and exercises can be completed in the classroom, in an exercise laboratory environment, or at home.
Throughout Working Toward Wellness, students will learn about all of the areas that contribute to their own personal holistic wellness. It is important to remember that, while very important, physical fitness is just one component of wellness. Working Toward Wellness emphasizes the importance of practicing and developing all areas of personal well-being to promote a comprehensive, healthy lifestyle.
Unique features of this text include:
- instructor PowerPoints that teachers can use to facilitate the assessments, classroom lecture, or exercises.
- it can be utilized in multiple classes in the Health, Physical Education, Lifetime Wellness, and Recreation curricula.
- each chapter of this book is independent and nonsequential and therefore can be utilized individually to enhance a teacher’s previously established lesson plan or can provide a guided outline of study.
Chapter 1 Getting Started
Matt Symonds and Tyler Tapps
Introduction
Chapter 2 Physical Wellness
Weston Kensinger and Rebecaa Weiler-Timmins
What is Physical Wellness?
Body Composition and Healthy Weight
The FITT Model
Cardiorespiratory Fitness
Muscular Strength and Endurance
Flexibility
Chapter 3 Mental Well-Being in Students
Jackie Kibler
What Is Mental Wellness
The Developing Brain
Physical Changes
Stress
Being Mentally Skilled
Chapter 4 Spiritual Wellness
Bryan Dorrel
Spirituality
Spiritual Terminology
Spirituality in Wellness
Chapter 5 Social Wellness
Jodie Leiss and Damon Leiss
What Is Social Wellness?
Communication
Characteristics of Communication and Relationships
Health Benefits of Social Wellness
Assessing Social Wellness
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Chapter 6 Intellectual Wellness
Joseph Lovell
What Is Intellectual Wellness
Assessing Intellectual Wellness
Lifelong Learning
Strategies to Maintain and Enhance Intellectual Wellness
Summary
Chapter 7 Environmental Wellness
Emily Diekelman and Nathan Diekelman
What Is Environmental Wellness
Assessing Environmental Wellness
Exercises to Improve Environmental Wellness
Environmental Wellness in the Future
Chapter 8 Lifestyle Wellness
Timothy Baghurst
What Is Lifestyle Wellness?
Assessing and Improving Lifestyle Wellness
Planning and Organization Affects Wellness
Living Ethically
Financial Wellness
Wellness in the Home
Chapter 9A Principles of Nutrition
Kim Kato and Regan Dodd
The Essential Nutrients Needed for a Healthy Diet
Meal Planning
Reading Food Labels
Hydration Assessment
Disease Prevention Through Diet and Physical Activity
Dietary Supplements
Supplements for Health
Misuse of Supplements for Weight Loss
Supplements for Exercise and Performance Advantage
Chapter 9B Trends in Nutrition: Ketosis
Josh Ellis
Introduction: The Fork
Nutritional Ketosis
Ketones and Gluconeogenesis
Human Energy Storage and Use
Macronutrient Composition of a Ketogenic Diet
Chapter 10 Health Behavior Changes and Motivation
Rhonda Cross Beemer
Health, Wellness, and Behavior
Self-Efficacy
Health Behavior Theories and Models
Motivation
Monitoring Goals
Chapter 11 Finding a Balance
Tyler Tapps and Matt Symonds
Characteristics of a Wellness Lifestyle
What Does Balance Look Like?
Tips for Balance at School
Tips for Balance at Work
Tips for Balance at Home
Benefits From the Dimensions of Wellness
Wellness Programming
Summary