Personal Health and Wellness: University of Missouri

This custom ebook includes chapters from ACSM’s Complete Guide to Fitness & Health, Second Edition, and Fitness and Wellness: A Way of Life. It has been specifically designed for students taking the course Personal Health and Wellness (NEP 1001) at University of Missouri.

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Custom ebook for students taking the course Personal Health and Wellness (NEP 1001) at University of Missouri.

Making Healthy Lifestyle Choices: Physical Activity and Nutrition
Barbara A. Bushman
From Complete Guide to Fitness & Health, Second Edition

Embracing Physical Activity: A Complete Exercise Program
Barbara A. Bushman
From Complete Guide to Fitness & Health, Second Edition

Balancing Nutrition: Recommended Dietary Guidelines
Stella Lucia Volpe and Joseph R. Stanzione
From Complete Guide to Fitness & Health, Second Edition

Fundamentals of Healthy Eating
From Fitness and Wellness: A Way of Life

Promoting Healthy Habits: Getting Started and Staying Motivated
Barbara A. Bushman
From Complete Guide to Fitness & Health, Second Edition

Successfully Managing Healthy Behavior Change
From Fitness and Wellness: A Way of Life

Adults: Ages 18 to 64
Barbara A. Bushman
From Complete Guide to Fitness & Health, Second Edition

Stress Management
From Fitness and Wellness: A Way of Life

Remaining Free From Addiction
From Fitness and Wellness: A Way of Life

Cardiovascular Health
Shannon Lennon-Edwards and William B. Farquhar
From Complete Guide to Fitness & Health, Second Edition

Diabetes
Sheri R. Colberg
From Complete Guide to Fitness & Health, Second Edition

Cancer
Kathryn H. Schmitz
From Complete Guide to Fitness & Health, Second Edition

Alzheimer’s Disease
Brad A. Roy and Linda Fredenberg
From Complete Guide to Fitness & Health, Second Edition

Osteoporosis and Bone Health
Kara A. Witzke and Kerri M. Winters-Stone
From Complete Guide to Fitness & Health, Second Edition

Arthritis and Joint Health
A. Lynn Millar
From Complete Guide to Fitness & Health, Second Edition

Weight Management
Laura J. Kruskall
From Complete Guide to Fitness & Health, Second Edition

Depression
Heather Chambliss and Tracy L. Greer
From Complete Guide to Fitness & Health, Second Edition

The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), founded in 1954, is the largest sports medicine and exercise science organization in the world. With more than 50,000 members and certified professionals worldwide, ACSM is dedicated to improving health through science, education, and medicine. ACSM members work in a range of medical specialties, allied health professions, and scientific disciplines. Members are committed to the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of sport-related injuries and the advancement of the science of exercise. The ACSM promotes and integrates scientific research, education, and practical applications of sports medicine and exercise science to maintain and enhance physical performance, fitness, health, and quality of life.

Barbara A. Bushman, PhD, FASCM, is a professor at Missouri State University and a program director and clinical exercise physiologist certified by the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM). She received her PhD in exercise physiology from the University of Toledo and has teaching experience in identification of health risks, exercise testing and prescription, anatomy, and physiology. Bushman served as senior editor of ACSM’s Resources for the Personal Trainer, Fourth Edition, and a reviewer for ACSM's Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, Women & Health, and ACSM’s Health & Fitness Journal. She has been a fellow of the ACSM since 1999, serving on the ACSM Media Referral Network. As an associate editor of ACSM’s Health & Fitness Journal, Bushman writes the “Wouldn’t You Like to Know” column, which covers a variety of topics in health and fitness.

Bushman is the lead author of Action Plan for Menopause as well as numerous research articles. She maintains a Facebook page focused on health and fitness (www.Facebook.com/FitnessID). She resides in Strafford, Missouri, with her husband, Tobin. She enjoys walks with her husband and German shepherd. She participates in numerous activities in her leisure time, including running, cycling, hiking, weightlifting, kayaking, and scuba diving.

Carol K. Armbruster, PhD, is a senior lecturer in the department of kinesiology in the School of Public Health at Indiana University (IU) at Bloomington. During her more than 35 years of teaching college students and training fitness leaders, she has served on the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) and American Council on Exercise (ACE) credentialing committees, and she is a fellow of ACSM. She is also an ACSM-certified exercise physiologist, holds the level 2 Exercise Is Medicine credential, and has level 1 Functional Movement Screening certification.

She previously served as a program director of fitness and wellness for the IU Division of Recreational Sports, where she managed a program that offered more than 100 group exercise sessions per week. Prior to working at IU, Armbruster worked at the University of Illinois, Colorado State University, Rocky Mountain Health Club, the Loveland (Colorado) Parks and Recreation Department, and the Sheboygan (Wisconsin) School District.

Armbruster enjoys combining her interests of teaching, community engagement, and translational research. Her doctoral work focused on translational research of active-duty military in the over-40 age population. She is especially interested in functional movement, worksite wellness outcomes, safe and effective movement instruction, and evaluating safe and effective outcome-based physical activity and movement program delivery methods in order to encourage healthy lifestyles and focus on improved quality of life and prevention of illness.

Ellen M. Evans, PhD, is a professor in the department of kinesiology, associate dean for research and graduate education, and director of the Center for Physical Activity and Health in the College of Education at the University of Georgia (UGA). She was a postdoctoral research fellow in geriatrics and gerontology and applied physiology at Washington University School of Medicine and was on faculty of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign prior to joining the faculty at UGA.

Evans has been named a fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) and the National Academy of Kinesiology (NAK).

At UGA, Evans embraces the land-grant institution’s mission by integrating her teaching, research, and public service work. The goal of her research is to create and disseminate knowledge regarding the importance of exercise and physical activity, and nutrition for optimal body composition, with a special interest in women’s health. Her primary populations of interest are older adults and college students. Evans teaches courses ranging from a freshman seminar to core and elective undergraduate courses to graduate-level courses in the areas of clinical exercise physiology, aging, and obesity.

Catherine M. Laughlin, HSD, MPH, is a clinical professor and assistant department chair of the department of applied health science in the School of Public Health at Indiana University (IU) at Bloomington. Her research interests include sexual health education, cancer prevention and education, program planning, and implementation and evaluation in community-based organizations. She is regularly interviewed by media outlets as a human sexuality and sexual health education expert.

Laughlin has won numerous teaching and service awards throughout her more than 25 years of service at IU. In 2017, she received the Distinguished Service Award from IU. In 2015, she was the recipient of the Founding Dean’s Medallion and the Outstanding Service Award from IU’s School of Public Health. In 2014, she earned the Tony and Mary Hulman Health Achievement Award for Innovative Public Health Programming from the Indiana Public Health Association.