IB Sports, Exercise and Health Science

You know that exercise and physical activity can change the way your body looks, helping you lose weight and build muscle. But did you know that exercise also changes the way you think? Find out how exercise affects your body and your mind, improving your physical health and helping you to feel good about yourself. Discover the science behind how exercise helps you avoid health problems and how working out can lift your mood. Learn how to create a workout plan and stick with it!

Sports-related injuries happen 3.5 million times each year, but that doesn't stop us from enjoying our athletic pastimes. This guidebook provides essential information on sports injuries, but also serves as a historical survey, by providing information on the controversies surrounding its causes, and first-person narratives by people coping with sports injuries. Patients, family members, or caregivers explain the condition from their own experience. The symptoms, causes, treatments and cures are explained in detail. Essential to anyone trying to learn about diseases and conditions, the alternative treatments are explored. Student researchers and readers will find this book easily accessible through its careful and conscientious editing and a thorough introduction to each essay. Includes charts, graphs, and tables.

A look at how the brain and the nervous system control our body's muscles and coordinate our movements, and how messages are transmitted to and from the brain. Also explained is the role of emotions in our thoughts.