KINESIOLOGY / HEALTH / DANCE

Health

With today’s growing concerns about obesity and the rising costs of healthcare, the more you know about health, the better your life will be. All LACC Health instructors hold Master's Degrees, and students receive the most current industry information possible. Please join us in one of our Health classes and let us help you experience the best quality of life.

Health courses provide students with the tools they need to make healthy, lifelong behavioral changes, and become savvy consumers of health information. Topics include:

• Promoting Healthy Behavioral Change
• Psychosocial Health: Being Mentally, Emotionally, Socially, and Spiritually Well
• Managing Stress: Coping with Life's Challenges
• Violence and Abuse: Creating Healthy Environments
• Healthy Relationships and Sexuality: Making Commitments
• Birth Control, Pregnancy, and Childbirth: Managing Your Fertility
• Licit and Illicit Drugs: Use, Misuse, and Abuse
• Alcohol, Tobacco, and Caffeine: Daily Pleasure, Daily Challenges
• Nutrition: Eating for Optimum Health
• Managing Your Weight: Finding a Healthy Balance
• Personal Fitness: Improving Health through Exercise
• Cardiovascular Disease: Reducing Your Risk
• Cancer: Reducing Your Risk
• Infectious and Noninfectious Conditions: Risks and Responsibilities
• Life's Transitions: The Aging Process
• Environmental Health: Thinking Globally, Acting Locally
• Consumerism: Selecting Healthcare Products and Services
• Complementary and Alternative Medicine: New Choices and Responsibilities for Healthwise Consumers