Questions and Answers: A Guide to Fitness and Wellness, Loose Leaf Edition

“If students sit passively on the sidelines, how can we expect them to learn―and to change their behavior in ways that promote their health and wellness, now and in the future?

Questions and Answers: A Guide to Fitness and Wellness is the first fitness and wellness text to be written in direct response to students’ questions about their own health and well-being. The authors, Gary Liguori and Sandra Carroll-Cobb, combine the latest science-based knowledge with practical guidance on concrete actions students can take now to be engaged participants in their learning and become active shapers of their future health and happiness while they improve their fitness and wellness.

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Gary Liguori received a B.S. from the University of Central Missouri, an M.S. from East Stroudsburg University, and a Ph.D. from North Dakota State University. He is the dean of the College of Health Sciences at the University of Rhode Island, where he is also co-director of the Academic Health Collaborative and a professor of kinesiology. Dr. Liguori is a Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) and serves on the Executive Councils of the ACSM Committee of Certification and Registry Board and the ACSM Publications Committee. He was the senior editor of the ACSM Resource Manual for the Health Fitness Specialist (first edition), associate editor for ACSM’s Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription (tenth edition), and senior editor of ACSM's Health Related Physical Fitness Assessment Manual (fifth edition).

Sandra Carroll-Cobb has been teaching health and physical education classes in schools, businesses, and medical facilities for more than 20 years. She has served as faculty, interim associate dean, and interim dean at the University of Alaska Anchorage since 2000. Dr. Carroll-Cobb has served on the Conoco-Phillips Healthy Futures Advisory Board, worked as a statewide trainer for the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development Team Nutrition grant, served as a physical education program grant evaluator for the Anchorage School District, and contributed to the Alaska School Health and Safety Plan. She currently is chair and associate professor in the Department of Health, Physical Education and Recreation. Dr. Carroll-Cobb sits on the Steering Committee for the State of Alaska Cardiovascular Health Coalition (Take Heart Alaska); the Executive Board of the Alaska Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance; and the Anchorage Community YMCA Advisory Board.