Fitness and Well-Being for Life

Carol K. Armbruster, PhD, is the first teaching professor emeritus in the department of kinesiology in the School of Public Health at Indiana University (IU) at Bloomington. 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. 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) board of trustees and the 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 enjoyed her work as a “pracademic” translating research to practice.Ellen M. Evans, PhD, is a department chair and professor at Indiana University. Previously, she was the associate dean for research and graduate education at University of Georgia (UGA) and director of the Center for Physical Activity and Health in the UGA College of Education. Prior to joining the faculty at UGA, she was a postdoctoral research fellow in geriatrics and gerontology and applied physiology at Washington University School of Medicine and was on the faculty of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Evans has been named a fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) and the National Academy of Kinesiology (NAK).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.

The evidence-based physical and mental well-being guidance presented in Fitness and Well-Being for Life provides a personal tool to leading healthier, happier lives. Students will learn to develop long-term health habits regarding their fitness, nutrition, stress management, and sexual health.

Chapter 1. Staying Healthy and Well Throughout Life Staying Healthy Through the Life Span New Perspectives on Well-Being Classic Components of Wellness The Functional Movement and Well-Being Connection SummaryChapter 2. Functional Movement Choices Understanding Physical Activity Recommendations Integrating Physical Activity, Exercise, and Sedentarism Fitting Movement Into Everyday Life Safety First: Getting Started With a Personal Movement Program SummaryChapter 3. Personalizing Healthy Behavior Change Are You Ready to Change? Behavioral Theories Grounded in Social Psychology Personalizing the Behavior Change Process Goal Setting Revisited SummaryChapter 4. Cardiorespiratory Fitness Your Energy Needs: Supply and Demand Cardiorespiratory Fitness Benefits Your Daily Life Assessing Your Cardiorespiratory Fitness Designing Your Plan to Improve Cardiorespiratory Fitness Safety First: Getting Started With Cardiorespiratory Fitness SummaryChapter 5. Muscular Fitness Your Body Was Designed to Move Key Definitions Muscular Fitness Benefits Your Daily Life Assessing Your Muscular Fitness Designing Your Plan to Improve Muscular Fitness Analyzing Your Fitness Choices Safety First: Getting Started With Resistance Training SummaryChapter 6. Flexibility, Neuromotor Fitness, and Posture All About Flexibility Mind the Stretch Reflex! Neuromuscular and Functional Fitness Preventing Low Back Pain SummaryFunctional Fitness Training Lower Leg (Calves) Front of Upper Leg (Quads) Back of Upper Leg and Rear Hip (Hams and Glutes) Trunk and Abdomen (Abs) Lower Back Outer Thigh and Upper Hip (Hip Abductors) Inner Thigh (Hip Adductors) Chest and Front of Shoulder Upper Back and Shoulders Middle Back (Lats) Front of Upper Arm Back of Upper ArmChapter 7. Body Composition Body Composition Basics Assessing Body Composition Weight Status, Body Composition, and Your Risk of Chronic Disease A Healthy Body Composition Benefits You—Today and in the Future! Designing Your Plan to Improve Body Composition SummaryChapter 8. Dietary Guidelines for Healthy Fueling Eating Well: Balanced and Clean The Many Benefits of a Healthy Diet Dietary Guidelines for Americans Food Safety Basics SummaryChapter 9. Weight Management Weight Management: Our Greatest Modern Health Challenge Energy Balance Math Weight-Management Strategies Daily Movement Is Essential for Weight Management Psychological Concerns Regarding Weight Management When Professional Help Is Needed SummaryChapter 10. Stress Management The Contemporary Stress Experience The Stress Response Common Stressors and Hassles of College Life Key Stress-Management Strategies Social, Stressed, and Sleepless SummaryChapter 11. Remaining Free From Addiction Types of Addictions What Is Addiction? Psychoactive Drugs Alcohol Tobacco SummaryChapter 12. Sexuality and Health Sexuality as a Dimension of Health Reproductive System Contraception and Birth Control Methods Sexually Transmitted Infections Reducing the Risks Sexual Assault COVID and Sexual Health SummaryChapter 13. Reducing the Risks for Metabolic Syndrome Are You at Risk for Metabolic Syndrome? Evaluating Your Risk for Diabetes Mellitus Cardiovascular Disease: Our Number One Killer Prevention of CVD Starts Early in Life SummaryChapter 14. Reducing the Risks for Cancer The Nature of Cancer Who Gets Cancer? Detection, Staging, and Treatment of Cancer Causes of Cancer Most Commonly Diagnosed Cancers SummaryChapter 15. Fitness and Well-Being: Today and Beyond Living Well Over the Life Span Differences Between Physiological and Chronological Age Behavioral Systems Approach to Healthy Living Approaches to Medicine Finding Resources to Enhance Your Fitness and Well-Being Specific Wellness Concepts and SMART Goals Revisited Healthy People 2030 and Beyond Fitness and Well-Being: A Way of Life