Illustrated Guide to Personal Health

Health issues are an inescapable part of life—but by preparing for them, you can fend them off longer and handle them better when they do arise.

Offering eye-opening insight in a surprisingly lighthearted way, An Illustrated Guide to Personal Health teaches you how to manage your own health rather than depend on doctors and medicine—which often only narrowly addresses your overall well-being.

Skirting the typical fitness and dietary solutions, this guide provides forty common-sense practices you can incorporate into your regular routine to improve your resilience, reduce your stress, and ensure you will live healthier and happier for many years to come. With unexpected chapter titles like “Give Your Fork a Rest,” “Let Kids Play in the Dirt,” and “Don’t Take Multivitamins,” this self-help manual sets itself apart from the typical tips most health books offer, while still supporting its collection of timeless and innovative directives with citations from the medical field.

Health, wellness, and happiness go hand in hand—and only you can form the habits that will ensure you experience all three. Start learning how to improve your life today.

Tom Emerick, president of Emerick Consulting, is an expert on the topic of health care economics. A consultant and frequent speaker, he has been named by Healthspottr as one of the top one hundred innovators in US health care for his work on medical ethics and is highlighted in the Forbes article "13 to Watch in 2013: Unsung Heroes Changing Health Care Forever." Emerick previously worked with Walmart as vice president of global benefit design, which involved planning and managing benefits for over 1.6 million employees. He has also worked with British Petroleum, Burger King, and American Fidelity Assurance Company.

Robert H. (Bob) Woods holds a PhD from Cornell University and currently teaches at the University of Nevada in Las Vegas. Before moving to Henderson, Nevada, with his wife, Laura, and dog, Harley, Woods was a professor at both Purdue and Michigan State universities.