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This wide-ranging encyclopedia addresses our rapidly changing understanding of health and wellness, providing a collection of essays that are up-to-date and comprehensive in both scope and breadth. Encyclopedia of Wellness: From Açaí Berry to Yo-Yo Dieting offers expert advice to anyone seeking information on a condition or illness. More than that, however, this three-volume resource is a compendium of practical information on how to reduce poor health choices and live a healthy, active, vibrant life.A source of basic, easily understandable entries on health and wellness, the encyclopedia covers an extraordinarily broad array of health-related topics including acupuncture, art therapy, biofeedback, food additives, nutrition labels, organic foods, and workplace wellness. Bulimia is covered, as are depression, autism, cancer, and environmental hazards. Essays examine issues related to healthy living for the mind and the body, stressing the importance of the mind-body connection to good health. Information is also offered on practical concerns such as medical savings accounts, changes in medical insurance, and the U.S. health care system. Throughout, the encyclopedia presents knowledge gleaned from new research on treatment and especially on choices in nutrition and exercise.
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Choice Review
Zoumbaris, a librarian and health and science writer, has created a basic-level encyclopedia of health and wellness that is much broader in scope than works focusing exclusively on complementary and alternative medicine, nutrition, or public health. It addresses issues related to wellness from a variety of perspectives: physical, emotional, social, intellectual, and spiritual. The valuable introduction consists of a general overview of wellness within the US from each of these perspectives. Over 200 highly readable entries, which typically range from one to ten-plus pages in length, are written by academics and wellness practitioners. Topics include common diseases, complementary and alternative therapies, US health policy, diet and exercise trends, biographies, nutrition, and psychological and spiritual aspects of wellness. Illustrations are scarce and provide little useful information. The encyclopedia features useful tools to facilitate research, including an alphabetical listing of all entries and broad subject groupings. Each entry includes a bibliography and cross-references to related topics. A brief glossary appears at the end of the final volume, along with an extensive listing of government, nonprofit, and private Internet sites that provide further information on health and wellness. Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-level undergraduates and general readers. E. Tappeiner Hostos Community College Library
Library Journal Review
This set purports to ".examine key components that create overall wellness." In that vein, about 220 signed articles cover such diverse topics as alternative/complementary medicine ("Acupuncture," "Biofeedback"), exercise and weight control ("Dieting," "Eating Disorders"), health care ("Online Health Resources"), and nutrition ("Fiber," "Vitamins"). Zoumbaris (elementary school librarian; Nutrition: Health & Medical Issues Today; Food and You: A Guide to Healthy Habits for Teens) has written the majority of the entries. While some of the contributors are nurses and physicians, many others lack a health or medical background, and this shows in the writing. First, there are factual errors. The entry on Ritalin, for example, states, "Its chemical composition is methylphenidate hydrochloride," but that is its chemical name. Then there is the wishy-washy overall tone. The entry on "Acai Berry" states that they ".are believed to contain antioxidants, which are molecules that may combat cell-damaging free radicals." VERDICT Readers of this set will encounter a lot of maybe this, maybe that, with little definite information. A better choice is Martha Craft-Rosenberg and Shelley-Rae Pehler's Encyclopedia of Family Health (SAGE, 2011).-Michael Bemis, Washington Cty. Lib., R.H. Stafford Branch, Woodbury, MN (c) Copyright 2012. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.