Healthy Lifestyles Through Wellness (HSC 2100)
Course Description

• REQUIRED TEXTBOOK:
  An Invitation to Health, 12th edition, by Dianne Hales, 2007

This course provides an introduction to a variety of health disciplines, emphasizing a holistic approach to health from the physical and psychosocial dimensions. This course is designed to teach you basic principles of prevention so enable you to perform optimally. Students of all majors are welcome and encouraged to take this course as an elective. Some of the topics covered include:

Stress management
Nutrition
Supermarket Savvy -- reading food labels
Weight management
Eating Disorders
Exercise and physical fitness
Sports nutrition
HIV/AIDS
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Substance Abuse prevention
Responsible alcohol use
Family planning
First Aid and emergency preparedness
Healthy Heart -- blood pressure, cholesterol, lowering your risk factors
Healthy Sleep and circadian rhythms
Depression
Allergies
Immunity, vaccines, and common infectious diseases
Alternative Medicine
Self-care
How to be a Healthwise consumer -- insurance, managed care issues, diagnostic tests
Current Health Topics, myths, and controversies

For more information, contact Robert Dollinger, M.D., Director of the FIU Health and Wellness Center, FIU Health Care and Wellness Center Web Site:  http://www.fiu.edu/~health