The Eighth Edition of Donatelle’s text provides students with the tools they need to make healthy, lifelong behavior changes and become savvy consumers of health information. This current and user-friendly text holds students’ interest by covering health topics of primary concern to them. Promoting Healthy Behavior Change; Psychosocial Being Mentally, Emotionally, Socially, and Spiritually Well; Managing Coping with Life's Challenges; Violence and Creating Healthy Environments; Healthy Relationships and Making Commitments; Birth Control, Pregnancy, and Managing Your Fertility; Licit and Illicit Use, Misuse, and Abuse; Alcohol, Tobacco, and Daily Pleasure, Daily Challenges; Eating for Optimum Health; Managing Your Finding a Healthy Balance; Personal Improving Health through Exercise; Cardiovascular Reducing Your Risk; Reducing Your Risk; Infectious and Noninfectious Risks and Responsibilities; Life's The Aging Process; Environmental Thinking Globally, Acting Locally; Selecting Health Care Products and Services; Complementary and Alternative New Choices and Responsibilities for Healthwise Consumers For all readers interested in making healthy,lifelong behavior changes. .