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Health Psychology Book Cover
Health Psychology, 5/e
Shelley Taylor, University of California, Los Angeles

Health-Enhancing Behaviors

Chapter Outline


I. Exercise
     A. Benefits of Exercise
     B. Determinants of Regular Exercise
II. Accident Prevention
     A. Home and Workplace Accidents
     B. Motorcycle and Automobile Accidents
III. Cancer-Related Health Behaviors
     A. Breast Self-Examination
     B. Mammograms
     C. Testicular Self-Examination
     D. Sunscreen Use
IV. Maintaining a Healthy Diet
     A. Why is Diet Important?
     B. Resistance to Modifying Diet
     C. Interventions to Modify Diet
V. Weight Control
     A. The Regulation of Eating
     B. Why Obesity Is a Health Risk
     C. Factors Associated with Obesity
     D. Stress and Eating
     E. Treatment of Obesity
     F. Where are Weight-Loss Programs Implemented?
     G. Evaluation of Cognitive-Behavioral Weight-Loss Techniques
     H. Taking a Public Health Approach
VI. Eating Disorders
     A. Anorexia Nervosa
     B. Bulimia
VII. Postscript