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Welcome. Course name Faculty name. YOUR COURSE MATERIALS. Floyd/Mimms/Yelding Personal Health: Perspectives and Lifestyles, 4e You will… be tested receive homework assignments have reading assignments …from these materials. WHY DO I NEED THIS BOOK?.

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  1. Welcome Course name Faculty name

  2. YOUR COURSE MATERIALS • Floyd/Mimms/Yelding • Personal Health: Perspectives and Lifestyles, 4e • You will… • be tested • receive homework assignments • have reading assignments • …from these materials

  3. WHY DO I NEED THIS BOOK? • Nine in ten professors (90%) say that students would do better if they made greater user of the assigned textbook. • Students’ pass rates, retention rates and grades improve when they employ supplemental materials in addition to their textbooks. • Zogby International, 2006

  4. WHAT’S SO DIFFERENT ABOUT THE THIS BOOK? • New and expanded discussions include: • Healthy People 2010 • Cholesterol Screening guidelines • 2000 and 2001 DRIs • Postpartum depression • Contraceptives • The Yo-Yo Syndrome • Children and Adolescent Weight Programs • Exercise for the disabled • OxyContin, Ecstasy

  5. GET THE GRADE RESOURCES! • ThomsonNOW • Behavior Change Workbook

  6. WHAT IS THOMSONNOW? ThomsonNOW is an easy-to-use online resource that helps you study in less time to get the grade you want-NOW!

  7. WILL THOMSONNOW HELP ME GET A BETTER GRADE? • 87.3% of students agree using ThomsonNOW regularly helped them perform better on exams. • 83.9% of students agree that Personalized Study was a valuable study tool. • 95% of students responded that using ThomsonNOW on a regular basis helped them get a better grade • 82.7% of students are likely to tell a friend about ThomsonNOW YES!

  8. PERSONALIZED HEALTH CHANGE PLAN

  9. WELLNESS PROFILE

  10. WELLNESS PROFILE RESULTS

  11. HOW DO I PLAN TO CHANGE?

  12. HOW DO I PLAN TO CHANGE?

  13. HOW DO I PLAN TO CHANGE?

  14. BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS

  15. HAVE I MET MY GOALS?

  16. HAVE I MET MY GOALS?

  17. TECHNICAL SUPPORT http://www.thomsonedu.com/support

  18. ANYTHING TO HELP STUDENTS WITHOUT COMPUTERS? • Behavior Change Workbook • Includes a brief discussion of the current theories behind making positive lifestyle changes, along with exercises to help students effect those changes in their everyday lives.

  19. YOU HAVE CHOICES OF HOW TO BUY THE BOOK! Purchase textbooks in the format and at the price that is right for you. Print Options NEWprint textbooks at up to 25%off, shipped free! Digital Options Electronic texts up to 50% off Individual chapters for as little as $1.99 Study Tools Study Guides, Online Homework Assistance, Audio Content, and more!

  20. STUDENTS…PLEASE READ If your textbook doesn’t already come with the helpful study aids we’ve discussed, go to your local college bookstore or go on-line to iChapters.com.

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