Health Education and Recreation in Physical Education

Contents: 1. Concept of Health. 2. Health education-meaning definition, aims and objectives, scope and principles. 3. Hygiene and personal hygiene. 4. Posture and postural deformities. 5. Obesity and overweight. 6. Sports injuries. 7. Communicable diseases. 8. Pollution Air, Water, and noise causes and remedial measures. 9. Ergogenic aids, drugs and doping. 10. Sanitation. 11. Nutrition, malnutrition and adulteration. 12. Massage and therapeutic exercises. 13. Rehabilitation. 14. Therapeutic modalities. 15. First aid. 16. Recreation. 17. Play. 18. Camping. Health education is the profession of educating people about health. Areas within this profession encompass environmental health physical health, social health, emotional health, intellectual health and spiritual health. It can be defined as the principle by which individuals and groups of people learn to behave in a manner conducive to the promotion, maintenance, or restoration of health. However as there are multiple definitions of health, there are also multiple definitions of health education. The present book entitled Health Education and Recreation in physical Education outlines all the important aspects of health education and recreation in the field of physical education and sports. The text are arranged in a lucid form and written in simple colloquial English language. (jacket).…