3 hours lecture per week Recommended Preparation: BIOL 130 or ZOOL 141. Comment: ESS 100 is repeatable for a maximum of six credits. Permission is required for a student to repeat ESS 100. ESS 100 explores the concept of wellness, lifestyle management and fitness. The course is designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills to improve their own quality of life and supports students entering health and medically related professions. The course provides clear and objective research-based information pertinent to behavior change, exercise, nutrition, weight management, disease prevention, stress management, and risk reduction. Upon successful completion of ESS 100, the student should be able to: Define the term wellness and its relationship to health and disease. Describe the Transtheoretical Model of Behavior Change and the process of changing behaviors. Describe the health benefits of physical activity. Explain the five components of physical fitness (cardiorespiratory endurance, muscular strength, muscular endurance, flexibility, and body composition). Explain the various methods for assessing the five components of physical fitness. Design exercise programs for improving the five components of physical fitness. Explain the following concepts: overload principle, specificity of training, principle of recuperation, reversibility of training. Explain the difference between aerobic and anaerobic training and the benefits of each. Describe basic muscle anatomy and physiologic terms with regards to movement and exercise training. Explain the concept "good nutrition," with qualitative and quantitative emphasis on the dietary requirements for carbohydrate, fat, protein, vitamins, minerals and water. Discuss the concept of "energy balance" and 2 its relevance to achieving and maintaining ideal body weight. Explain how the following factors influence the risk of obesity: energy balance, fat-cell theory, set-point theory, heredity, metabolism. Define and relate the following terms to the development of obesity and risk of disease: body mass index, lean body mass, body fat composition. Explain the key points in the prevention of cardiovascular disease. Outline the steps in stress management (including relaxation techniques). Describe assessment and screening tools to evaluate: stress, risk of common injuries and back injury, cancer risk, addictive behaviors, and risk of acquiring an STD (sexually transmitted disease). Describe the principles and behaviors that support changing the following: stress, risk of common injuries and back injury, cancer risk, addictive behaviors, and risk of acquiring an STD (sexually transmitted disease). Discuss the concept of the mind-body interaction. Discuss how changes in health care will affect his/her health in the future.

This course challenges the student to increase fitness levels and knowledge in the following areas: 1) nutrition, 2) exercise, 3) stress management, 4) lifetime activities, and 5) self-esteem. The course also provides the ability to both measure and monitor fitness levels. Fitness assessments provide goals for activity development for improving lifestyles and a holistic approach to life. Laboratory experiences provide information for individual exercise prescriptions, exercise interests, and personal goals.