Personal and public health / health education Books

"This is our voice, these are our truths, and our stories deserve to be told." This deeply empowering and personal collection of stories brings together a wide range of Black experiences on the menopause journey. Drawing on the historical and cultural...

Administrators, nurses, dietary managers, and dietitians can support a person's right to make personal food choices (while also meeting regulatory guidelines and reducing liability) using this guide to creating person-centered meal plans in long-term...

'Aboud's book is the second volume of a cross-cultural series edited by Lonner and Berry. The laudable aim of the series is to critically evaluate Western paradigms through anexploration of the realtionship between culture and behaviour. This book's...

People with eating disorders who also struggle with co-occurring high-risk or dysregulated behaviors are often not well served by standard eating disorder therapies. From pioneering treatment developers Anita Federici and Lucene Wisniewski, this book...

The go-to reference and practice guide for using motivational interviewing (MI) to enhance conversations about nutrition and fitness is now in a thoroughly revised second edition with 70% new material. Easy to incorporate into everyday interactions, MI...

The go-to reference and practice guide for using motivational interviewing (MI) to enhance conversations about nutrition and fitness is now in a thoroughly revised second edition with 70% new material. Easy to incorporate into everyday interactions, MI...

It is increasingly recognized that medical conditions can have a range of neurocognitive, psychosocial, and functional implications, even in the absence of obvious neurological involvement. Filling a gap in the literature, this comprehensive clinical...

Mindfulness is exceptionally easy to get started with, and people often experience benefits almost immediately. Why, then, do many initial enthusiasts end up dropping the practice after a short while? According to Oxford professor and leading mindfulness...

This comprehensive curriculum provides the tools to set up and work through an exercise and nutrition education program for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.This innovative curriculum is an interactive program specifically designed...

This comprehensive volume is widely regarded as the definitive practitioner resource and text in the field of biofeedback and applied psychophysiology. Leading experts cover basic concepts, assessment, instrumentation, clinical procedures, and...

In myriad ways, humans have gradually tailored their world to meet immediate material needs. In so doing, we have, in the minds of many, systematically altered a formerly hospitable environment into one more ambiguous in its effect on the human organism...

In myriad ways, humans have gradually tailored their world to meet immediate material needs. In so doing, we have, in the minds of many, systematically altered a formerly hospitable environment into one more ambiguous in its effect on the human organism...

Gulf War Syndrome: Is It a Real Disease? asks a recent headline in the New York Times. This question are certain diseases real? lies at the heart of a simmering controversy in the United States, a debate that has raged, in different contexts, for...

For everyone who loves and wants to have a printed book, the Nutrition Care Process Terminology (NCPT) Reference Manual features the full collection of the NCPT and resources including the NCP snapshots, terminology reference sheets, and the nutrition...

Family-focused and easy to follow, this updated edition provides guidance for parents of children aged 4 to 12. Parents will learn practical tips and strategies for improving the eating and activity habits of the whole family. This easy to read handbook...

In this convenient guide, people with diabetes will find a welcome resource to help them enjoy all the flavors of the world while still following a healthy meal plan. Whether learning to choose better options from familiar ethnic cuisines, or branching...

Fully updated, this edition of the authoritative reference guide on infant and pediatric feedings addresses the most up-to-date information on human milk and formula storage, handling, and preparation techniques. Five new chapters have been added...

In this updated fourth edition, the author guides readers through the supermarket and offers advice about how to make grocery shopping a faster, healthier and more budget-friendly experience. Current consumer shopping trends like organic and functional...

Now in its third edition, Pocket Guide to Parenteral Nutrition provides updated, evidence-based guidance for clinicians involved in the assessment, management, and monitoring of adult parenteral nutrition across a range of care settings. Compact and easy...

Now in its third edition, Pocket Guide to Enteral Nutrition delivers streamlined, evidence-based guidance for clinicians involved in the management of adult enteral nutrition across diverse care settings. Updated to reflect current standards and emerging...

Filled with vivid clinical material, this book describes effective practices for helping children and their families who are coping with chronic and acute health conditions and their treatment. Concise chapters on the psychosocial challenges associated...

Written by a world-renowned obesity medicine expert, this comprehensive guide is carefully crafted for clinicians to enhance their understanding and practice of weight management using the revolutionary Six Factor approach to identifying and solving each...

The 7th edition of Sports Nutrition is the ultimate guide to fueling athletic performance at every level. Packed with cutting-edge research and practical strategies, the book covers everything from macronutrient metabolism and hydration to energy...

Lessons in Foodservice Management: Case Studies for Nutrition and Dietetics Practitioners contains a collection of richly detailed case studies to bring to life topics such as management, leadership, food cost and production, communication, and quality...

This fully updated 4th edition continues to illustrate how nutrition assessment is a critical first step in the Nutrition Care Process. An expanded chapter on implementing the Nutrition Care Process includes characteristics and diagnosis of malnutrition...

Designed as an easy-to-access essential resource for any registered dietitian nutritionist who provides nutrition care to pediatric patients, this updated third edition includes: Summary and discussion of validated pediatric malnutrition risk screening...

Understanding Mental Health and Counselling provides a critical introduction to key debates about how problems of mental health are understood, and to the core approaches taken to working with counselling and psychotherapy clients. In drawing out the...

For anyone who has ever wondered about the ethics of killing animals for food, this is the definitive collection of essays on the ethical debate. Written by internationally recognized scholars on both sides of the debate, the provocative articles here...

As our understanding of what constitutes 'good health' grows, so does our need to understand the psychological aspects of medicine and health, as well as the psychological interventions available in healthcare. This bestselling textbook provides a...

As our understanding of what constitutes 'good health' grows, so does our need to understand the psychological aspects of medicine and health, as well as the psychological interventions available in healthcare. This bestselling textbook provides a...

Health Psychology: A Lifespan Approach offers a comprehensive exploration of health psychology theory, issues, and applications through a lifespan lens. Its biopsychosocial approach and chronological organisation examine the interactions of health and...

Health Psychology: A Lifespan Approach offers a comprehensive exploration of health psychology theory, issues, and applications through a lifespan lens. Its biopsychosocial approach and chronological organisation examine the interactions of health and...

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Chronic pain is the most common long-term health condition in the United States. For the nearly 100 million Americans who struggle with this burden, the substantial risks of prescription opioid treatment have left many searching for safer, more effective...