This new edition of Health Studies provides an authoritative and contemporary introduction to
the study of health. With chapters including epidemiology psychology human and environmental
geography and anthropology it is the only book to explore in one volume all of the core
disciplines that contribute to understanding health. It illustrates how the complexity of
health problems such as obesity should be viewed with an interdisciplinary perspective. Each
chapter explains the disciplinary approach and then its theoretical and research approaches
with examples. A highlight of this 4th edition is a new chapter on sports and exercise science
providing another scientific chapter on physiology which is applied and will be of interest to
all those thinking of employment in sports or leisure industry. The book is accessible and
learner-centered and each chapter features: a connections feature that links the chapters
together learning tasks questions for reflection and debate examples to illustrate concepts
methodologies and to explore contemporary issues a case study on obesity food and diet.
Comprehensive accessible and written by leading experts in the different fields this is the
introductory text for all students of health studies.
